Boeing posts detailed response to JT610 preliminary report

Boeing has assured passengers and operators that its 737 Max aircraft remain safe following the release of a preliminary report into the Lion Air 737 Max 8 crash. In an unusual move, the manufacturer's detailed statement largely re-iterated key points from the interim report released by Indonesia's NTSC. These include how the aircraft had encountered repeated problems with airspeed and altitude data in the days before the crash. Boeing points out that the flight directly before the doomed JT610, an engineer had informed the flight crew that the jet's angle-of-attack sensor had been replaced and tested. “The report does not include records as to the installation or calibration of the new sensor, nor does the report indicate whether the sensor was new or refurbished,” states the manufacturer. <br/>