UPDATE Jan 4 – The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) disagrees with Ethiopia’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (EAIB) final report on the accident of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302. The report, which was presented last week but published on the…
The certification process of commercial aircraft and engine programs by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) suffers from “undue pressure on line engineers and production staff.” It is often understaffed, expertise is ignored, and at times, the FAA lacks the capability…
The first Boeing MAX 8s from Chinese airlines are expected to return to service before the end of the year. But this depends entirely on how quickly the grounded aircraft will be modified and cockpit crew trained for the revised procedures.…
Just when we thought the spate of Boeing 737 news last week was over, several new items broke over the weekend, none of them positive for Boeing. The saga is becoming tiresome. The MCAS on the MAX lacked the safeguards…
News Reports emerged yesterday that the pilots of the Ethiopian 737 MAX utilized the proper procedure to shut down the MCAS system during flight, but that the system failed to respond and continued to press the nose down until the…
News Boeing is planing to introduce an upgrade to its MCAS system on the Boeing 737MAX aircraft to correct potential flaws and improve the safety of the system. The software, which has been under development since the Lion Air crash…