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Boeing's 'culture of concealment' to blame for 737 crashes | Boeing's 'culture of concealment' to blame for 737 crashes |
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Two fatal crashes of Boeing 737 Max aircraft were partly due to the plane-maker's unwillingness to share technical details, a congressional investigation has found. | Two fatal crashes of Boeing 737 Max aircraft were partly due to the plane-maker's unwillingness to share technical details, a congressional investigation has found. |
The US report is highly critical of both Boeing and the regulator, the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA). | The US report is highly critical of both Boeing and the regulator, the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA). |
It blames a "culture of concealment" at Boeing, but says the regulatory system was also "fundamentally flawed". | |
Boeing said it had "learned many hard lessons" from the accidents. | |
"Boeing failed in its design and development of the Max, and the FAA failed in its oversight of Boeing and its certification of the aircraft," the 18-month investigation concluded. | |
The Boeing 737 Max has been grounded since March 2019 after two crashes, in Indonesia and Ethiopia, caused the deaths of 346 people. | The Boeing 737 Max has been grounded since March 2019 after two crashes, in Indonesia and Ethiopia, caused the deaths of 346 people. |
The nearly 250-page report found a series of failures in the plane's design, combined with "regulatory capture", an overly close relationship between Boeing and the federal regulator, which compromised the process of gaining safety certification. | |
"[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." | "[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." |
Concealment | Concealment |
Boeing said it had made "fundamental changes" to the company as a result of the accidents. | Boeing said it had made "fundamental changes" to the company as a result of the accidents. |
The FAA said it would work with lawmakers to "implement improvements identified in the report". | The FAA said it would work with lawmakers to "implement improvements identified in the report". |
The report said Boeing had failed to share information about a key safety system, called MCAS, designed to automatically counter a tendency in the 737 Max to pitch upwards. Boeing was at fault for "concealing the very existence of MCAS from 737 pilots", it found. | |
MCAS was not in crew manuals and Boeing sought to convince regulators not to require simulator training for Max pilots, which would incur extra costs. | |
The MCAS system has been blamed for both crashes that came within months of each other, shortly after the plane went into operation. | The MCAS system has been blamed for both crashes that came within months of each other, shortly after the plane went into operation. |