Grounded Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft are shown parked in Victorville, Calif., on March 26. But in fact, that safety alert only worked in aircraft with an optional feature, the manufacturer said on Monday. “Boeing did not intentionally or otherwise deactivate the disagree alert on its MAX airplanes,” the company said in a statement. On Sunday, the Wall Street Journal and others reported that neither the FAA nor Southwest Airlines, Boeing’s largest 737 Max customer, knew that the safety alert was deactivated. Earlier on Monday, Boeing secured a new $1.5 billion line of credit, The Post reported, a sign of the firm’s tentative financial outlook with all its 737 Max sales on pause.

Source: Washington Post April 30, 2019 07:32 UTC