Pilots Say Boeing Didn’t Tell Them About a Safety Feature Tied to a Deadly Crash

Pilots who fly Boeing's 737 MAX in the U.S. say the airline manufacturer didn't tell them about features of a new flight-control system that reportedly are part of the investigation into last month's deadly crash in Indonesia......»»

It was a bad enough look for Boeing when reporters uncovered the company's decision to make some safety features optional on its 737 MAX 8s. Worse still that this decision was only made public after the deadly crash of Eth.....»»

Several Pilots repeatedly warned federal authorities of safety concerns over the now-grounded Boeing 737 Max 8 for months leading up to the second deadly disaster involving the plane, according to an in.....»»

The automated stall-prevention system found on Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 models can push a plane's nose down "unexpectedly and so strongly" that pilots can't pull it back up even when flying manually, The Wall Street Journal reported......»»

Federal auditors say U.S. regulators didn’t understand a flight-control system that played a role in two deadly crashes of the Boeing 737 Max .....»»

When air safety investigators release an interim report on the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max last March, they are likely to place the blame on the jet’s automated flight control system as well as on the pilots and their training......»»

A shareholder lawsuit filed on Monday accused Boeing Co's board of doing nothing to investigate the safety of the 737 MAX until the fast-selling plane suffered a second deadly crash in five months......»»

Boeing Co on Friday promised to act on safety recommendations for its 737 MAX aircraft made in a new report by Indonesian investigators on the deadly Lion Air crash a year ago......»»

Boeing Co said on Friday it is addressing Indonesia's safety recommendations following calls for better cockpit systems and oversight by U.S. regulators, and after the country blamed design flaws for a deadly Lion Air 737 MAX jet crash......»»

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Boeing says it didn't tell pilots and airlines that a safety alert on its 737 Max jets was not working until after one of the planes crashed in Indonesia last year......»»

Plane maker Boeing Co. didn’t tell Southwest Airlines Co. when the carrier began flying 737 Max jets in 2017 that a standard safety feature, found on earlier models and designed to warn pilots about malfunctioning sensors, had been deactivated......»»

Southwest Airlines says Boeing did not disclose that it had deactivated a safety feature on its 737 Max jets until after one of the airliners crashed last year......»»

A preliminary report released Thursday on the Ethiopian Airlines crash last month found that pilots followed all recommended procedures issued by Boeing, ratcheting up pressure on the plane maker that critics say has put profits before safety......»»

A preliminary report released Thursday on Ethiopia Air's deadly 737 Max crash last month said the aircraft's crew followed emergency procedures approved by Boeing Co......»»

An automatic mechanism to prevent stalling activated before the nosedive into the ground. Investigators examining data from Ethiopian Airlines flight 302’s black boxes .....»»

Boeing will brief more than 200 global airline pilots, technical experts and regulators this week on software and training updates for its 737 MAX aircraft, as Ethiopian Airlines expressed confidence in the planemaker despite a recent deadly crash......»»

An Ethiopian Airlines executive questioned whether Boeing had told pilots enough about "aggressive" software that pushes a plane's nose down, a focus of investigation into a deadly crash in Ethiopia this month......»»

The chief executive of Ethiopian Airlines has rejected media reports that optional equipment for Boeing 737 MAX planes was critical for safety aboard a flight that crashed this month......»»

Russia's national flag carrier Aeroflot will cancel its order of 20 Boeing 737 Max planes unless Boeing is able to guarantee the plane's safety after Sunday's deadly crash in Ethiopia by November, Aeroflot CEO Vitaly Savelyev said on Friday......»»