Dutch reject notion of US pressure during Turkish 737 crash probe
Investigators from the Netherlands have defended their inquiry into a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 crash near Amsterdam, after suggestions that the final report into the accident was watered-down in response to US remarks. The Dutch Safety Board, in its response, has published in full a human-factors analysis which contributed to the investigation and which, in particular, had highlighted concerns over a single-point failure path in the 737’s radio altimeter. In a Jan 20 article, The New York Times argued that the decision not to publish the human-factors analysis into the Turkish crash – combined with the incorporation of US representatives’ remarks to the draft report – effectively deflected criticism of crucial aspects of Boeing’s design choices a decade before the Max accidents. <br/>
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Dutch reject notion of US pressure during Turkish 737 crash probe
Investigators from the Netherlands have defended their inquiry into a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 crash near Amsterdam, after suggestions that the final report into the accident was watered-down in response to US remarks. The Dutch Safety Board, in its response, has published in full a human-factors analysis which contributed to the investigation and which, in particular, had highlighted concerns over a single-point failure path in the 737’s radio altimeter. In a Jan 20 article, The New York Times argued that the decision not to publish the human-factors analysis into the Turkish crash – combined with the incorporation of US representatives’ remarks to the draft report – effectively deflected criticism of crucial aspects of Boeing’s design choices a decade before the Max accidents. <br/>
