FAA says Boeing withheld ‘concerning’ pilot messages about the safety of 737 Max
Posted on AllSides October 18th, 2019
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The Federal Aviation Administration said Boeing withheld “concerning” messages from 2016 between employees about a flight-control system implicated in two crashes of the 737 Max, deepening the manufacturer’s crisis over the jets that have been grounded worldwide since March.
A Boeing test pilot complained in one of the messages that a flight control system, known as MCAS, was difficult to control, according to the messages, obtained by NBC News.
That system is at the heart of investigations into two fatal crashes. Investigators have implicated the system in both crashes —...
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