The improper design and certification of the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, coupled with an overwhelmed flight crew battling a malfunctioning system they could not properly identify, led to the crash
Exactly two weeks after the crash, Boeing issued a message to all 737 MAX operators that for the first time named the erroneous flight control system, MCAS, and gave details about how it operated.
Qantas flight 72 was operated by an A330-300. It left Singapore on October 7, 2008 on a flight to Perth. This airplane had no problem on takeoff as the MAX aircraft did. Instead, it was cruising along at 37,000 feet near the coast of Western Australia when things started to go wrong. MCAS was designed to help stabilize the 737 MAX after heavier, re-positioned engines placed on the aircraft caused the plane's nose to point too far upwards in certain circumstances.
Chat transcripts between Boeing 737 MAX test pilots appear to indicate that problems with the aircraft’s suspect automated safety systems were identified years before back-to-back air disasters resulted in the plane being grounded indefinitely. Company officials say that the documents have been widely misinterpreted and were promptly turned over to investigators. Late last week, Boeing […]
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In October 2018, Lion Air Flight 610, also a Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, crashed into the Java Sea just minutes after takeoff from Jakarta, Indonesia, killing all 189 people on board. Investigations into the Lion Air crash revealed that the MCAS had malfunctioned due to a faulty sensor, and had forced the plane into a nosedive from which the

Dominic Gates: 206-464-2963 or dgates@seattletimes.com; on Twitter: @dominicgates. Boeing delivered 35 jets in August versus 52 for Airbus. Deliveries of the 737 MAX were hit by the latest defect

An American Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8, on a flight from Miami to New York City, lands at LaGuardia Airport on Monday morning, March 11, 2019 in the Queens borough of New York City. On Thursday
Late in the development of the Max, Boeing decided to expand the use of MCAS, to ensure the plane flew smoothly. Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft went missing just 13 minutes after takeoff from the

>> The Boeing 737 MAX 8. On the 737 MAX, it had the power to trigger MCAS. >> Test pilots working for Boeing wrtie about problems with the MCAS system two years before the first fatal

At Air Canada, safety is our top priority, Following Transport Canada’s approval, after an almost two-year regulatory process, the Boeing 737 MAX has been ungrounded by regulatory bodies worldwide, and we resumed commercial operations on February 1, 2021.
Lindsey Wasson/Reuters, FILE. Internal messages between two Boeing pilots appear to show the company knew about problems with an automated system in the 737 Max aircraft in 2016, two years before
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The Max was allowed to fly again in late 2020 after Boeing made changes to the plane, including to MCAS, the flight control system behind the crashes. The company’s chief executive stepped down bewZm0.
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