A small sensor, sitting just outside the cockpit of the Boeing 737 Max jets, was previously flagged in more than 200 incident reports submitted to the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The angle-of-attack sensor sends data to a 737 Max software system that would push down the nose of the aircraft if it sensed that the jet may stall. Those reports, about one-fifth of which involve Boeing planes, include incidents in which Angle-Of-Attack (AOA) sensors were frozen, improperly installed, struck by lightning or even hit by flying birds. The FAA also issued two directives for various Boeing aircraft models before the 737 MAX was released, indicating that Boeing was aware of the potential for the sensors to cause problems in its planes. The lawsuit accuses Boeing of putting “profits over safety,” and rushing the 737 Max 8 to market to compete with rival Airbus and that company’s A320 family of aircraft.

Source: Ethiopian News May 01, 2019 03:11 UTC