FAA didn’t treat suspect 737 Max flight-control system as critical safety risk
An internal FAA review has tentatively determined that senior agency officials didn’t participate in or monitor crucial safety assessments of a flight-control system for Boeing’s 737 MAX jet, according to industry and govt officials. The preliminary conclusion, which hasn’t been reported before, may be discussed at a House Transportation subcommittee hearing Wednesday. It is part of the first official investigative findings on how the MCAS system ended up in the now-grounded MAX fleet despite its potentially hazardous design. The results, these officials said, also indicate that during the FAA certification process for the 737 MAX, Boeing didn’t flag the automated stall-prevention feature as a system whose malfunction or failure could cause a catastrophic event. Such a designation would have led to more intense scrutiny. <br/>
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FAA didn’t treat suspect 737 Max flight-control system as critical safety risk
An internal FAA review has tentatively determined that senior agency officials didn’t participate in or monitor crucial safety assessments of a flight-control system for Boeing’s 737 MAX jet, according to industry and govt officials. The preliminary conclusion, which hasn’t been reported before, may be discussed at a House Transportation subcommittee hearing Wednesday. It is part of the first official investigative findings on how the MCAS system ended up in the now-grounded MAX fleet despite its potentially hazardous design. The results, these officials said, also indicate that during the FAA certification process for the 737 MAX, Boeing didn’t flag the automated stall-prevention feature as a system whose malfunction or failure could cause a catastrophic event. Such a designation would have led to more intense scrutiny. <br/>
