Boeing said it has found a second software problem with its troubled 737 Max aircraft, separate from the malfunctioning anti-stall system which Ethiopian investigators identified on Thursday as a factor in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft last month. The emergence of a second software issue explains why Boeing earlier this week decided to delay submitting to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) a planned software fix aimed at solving problems with the anti-stall system, the manoeuvring characteristics augmentation system ( MCAS). The company had previously said it would submit the software update for approval by the end of last week. “We’re making progress on the software update that will prevent future accidents,” Boeing said in a statement on Thursday. Last month Boeing said it was grounding the entire fleet of 737 Max aircraft “out of an abundance of caution”.

Source: The Irish Times April 05, 2019 16:07 UTC