European safety chief seeks more oversight of Boeing
Boeing needs more oversight from international regulators, according to the EU’s aviation safety chief, after weaknesses in US oversight were exposed following 2 fatal crashes of the 737 Max jet. Patrick Ky, executive director of EASA lacked Europe’s “rigid” processes that would have raised questions about Boeing’s classification of flight control software later deemed to be a major factor in the crashes as “not safety critical”. “What went wrong [was] the way in which Boeing performed a certain number of assessments and the way in which assessments were taken on board by the FAA,” he said. While any regulator could make mistakes, Europe had “a much more structured, and . . . rigid process”, he added. <br/>
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European safety chief seeks more oversight of Boeing
Boeing needs more oversight from international regulators, according to the EU’s aviation safety chief, after weaknesses in US oversight were exposed following 2 fatal crashes of the 737 Max jet. Patrick Ky, executive director of EASA lacked Europe’s “rigid” processes that would have raised questions about Boeing’s classification of flight control software later deemed to be a major factor in the crashes as “not safety critical”. “What went wrong [was] the way in which Boeing performed a certain number of assessments and the way in which assessments were taken on board by the FAA,” he said. While any regulator could make mistakes, Europe had “a much more structured, and . . . rigid process”, he added. <br/>
