Families of air crash victims accuse Boeing of 'rolling the dice' with their loved ones' lives
The families of two Britons killed in two Boeing air disasters have hit out at the airline after a US Congressional report blamed them on its unwillingness to share key technical information with regulators and pilots. A total of 346 people were killed when two Boeing 737 Max aircraft operated by Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashed into the Java Sea in October 2018 and near Addis Ababa, in March last year. Families of the victims have now accused the airline of "rolling the dice" with the lives of their loved ones by allowing the Max 737 to carry on flying after the first crash. The US House of Representatives’ Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has now issued a damning report criticising a “culture of concealment” at Boeing. The 18-month inquiry into the two crashes found that the US airline regulatory system was “fundamentally flawed”. The Congressional report added that the crashes were “the horrific culmination of a series of faulty technical assumptions by Boeing's engineers, a lack of transparency on the part of Boeing's management, and grossly insufficient oversight by the FAA." Clive Garner, from the families’ solicitors Irwin Mitchell, said the House of Representatives’ report confirmed there had been an “almost unbelievable series of errors and misjudgements” by Boeing and the FAA in relation to the design, build and certification of the 737 MAX. He said: “Boeing and the FAA rolled the dice with critical safety issues and, as a result, hundreds of lives were needlessly lost and countless families have been torn apart. The Committee’s report highlights cavalier and totally unacceptable conduct by the Boeing Company and a deeply flawed system of oversight and regulation by the FAA.”<br/>
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Families of air crash victims accuse Boeing of 'rolling the dice' with their loved ones' lives
The families of two Britons killed in two Boeing air disasters have hit out at the airline after a US Congressional report blamed them on its unwillingness to share key technical information with regulators and pilots. A total of 346 people were killed when two Boeing 737 Max aircraft operated by Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashed into the Java Sea in October 2018 and near Addis Ababa, in March last year. Families of the victims have now accused the airline of "rolling the dice" with the lives of their loved ones by allowing the Max 737 to carry on flying after the first crash. The US House of Representatives’ Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has now issued a damning report criticising a “culture of concealment” at Boeing. The 18-month inquiry into the two crashes found that the US airline regulatory system was “fundamentally flawed”. The Congressional report added that the crashes were “the horrific culmination of a series of faulty technical assumptions by Boeing's engineers, a lack of transparency on the part of Boeing's management, and grossly insufficient oversight by the FAA." Clive Garner, from the families’ solicitors Irwin Mitchell, said the House of Representatives’ report confirmed there had been an “almost unbelievable series of errors and misjudgements” by Boeing and the FAA in relation to the design, build and certification of the 737 MAX. He said: “Boeing and the FAA rolled the dice with critical safety issues and, as a result, hundreds of lives were needlessly lost and countless families have been torn apart. The Committee’s report highlights cavalier and totally unacceptable conduct by the Boeing Company and a deeply flawed system of oversight and regulation by the FAA.”<br/>
