Boeing has been forced to correct a flaw in the software of flight training simulators that are meant to reproduce the flying conditions of the 737 Max aircraft involved in two deadly crashes in the past six months. Boeing revealed at the weekend that the software used on the Max training simulator was unable to reproduce some flight conditions, including the conditions which led to the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 on March 10th. “Boeing has made corrections to the 737 Max simulator software and has provided additional information to device operators to ensure that the simulator experience is representative across different flight conditions,” Boeing said in a statement. Most airlines trained pilots to fly the Max aircraft, a variant of the 737 which has been flying since the 1960s, on a simulator designed for the 737 NG, predecessor of the Max. Regulators did not require training in a Max simulator and there is only one Max simulator in use by airlines in North America: at Air Canada.

Source: The Irish Times May 19, 2019 15:56 UTC