Boeing official confronted by pilots over 737 MAX changes before second fatal crash, audio revealsUpdatedThe acting chief of the Federal Aviation Administration has defended his agency's safety certification of the Boeing 737 MAX jetliner, as new audio reveals pilots confronted the company about its automated flight-control system just months before a second deadly plane crash. Investigations into the crashes have focused on the automated flight-control system, MCAS (Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System), that came into service two years ago with the MAX. In audio obtained by CBS, the pilots are heard quizzing an unidentified Boeing official about the software changes. The Boeing official then tells the pilots that he was not convinced understanding the system "would have changed the outcome of this". However, he conceded pilots could have been better informed about the automated flight-control system implicated in both crashes.

Source: Ethiopian News May 16, 2019 05:25 UTC