FAA nearly grounded some Boeing 737 Max planes last year: source

[applegrove]

FAA nearly grounded some Boeing 737 Max planes last year: source

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/04/faa-nearly-grounded-boeing-737-max-planes-last-year-source/amp/

Agence France-Presse

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The inspectors were in charge of monitoring Southwest Airlines, the biggest user of 737 MAX planes, with a fleet of 34 of them at the time, added the source.

Before the Lion Air crash, which killed all 189 people on board, “the (signals) were depicted as operable by Boeing on all MAX aircraft” regardless of whether the cockpit crew thought they had them turned on or off, said a Southwest spokeswoman.

She said after the accident, Boeing told Southwest the signals were “turned off unless they were specifically designated as being turned on” — prompting the airline to choose that option for all its aircraft.

It was at that point inspectors learned Boeing had opted to make the malfunction alert an optional extra costing more money — and had deactivated the signal on all 737 MAX delivered to Southwest without telling the carrier.

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[Sherman A1]

1. Boeing has a whole lot of explaining to do

and hopefully will have many, many days in court to do so. My wish for the Executives of this Company......

"May Your Lives Be Filled With Lawyers."