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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday October 22 2019, @08:14AM   Printer-friendly
from the supply-and-demand dept.

Boeing's 737 Max troubles deepen, taking airlines, suppliers with it:

Boeing shares continued their slide Monday after explosive messages last week revealed a top pilot had concerns about a system on the 737 Max that was later implicated in two fatal crashes.

Several Wall Street analysts downgraded Boeing, fretting about the fallout from the crisis that has barred the manufacturer from delivering its best-selling planes that make up around 40% of its profit.

Boeing's stock was down 3.8% Monday afternoon, shaving more than 80 points off the Dow Jones Industrial Average, but had pared losses from earlier in the session

The messages made public Friday included an exchange from a top Boeing pilot to a colleague in 2016 that expressed his worries about an aggressive flight control system on the Max, whose performance he called "egregious." The pilot, who now works for Southwest, said in the exchange that he "unknowingly" lied to regulators. That same pilot months later told the FAA to remove the system, known as MCAS, from pilot procedures and training materials.

The FAA said Boeing knew about the messages for months and scolded Boeing in a letter for not releasing the documents earlier. Boeing defended its training materials for the 737 Max, which regulators deemed safe in 2017, and said it told regulators on "multiple occasions" about the broadened capabilities of the now-questioned system.

[...]Boeing's board is holding a regularly scheduled meeting in San Antonio that concludes Monday, a spokesman said. The board stripped CEO Dennis Muilenburg of his chairmanship on Oct. 11 to focus on getting the Max back into service.


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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Muad'Dave on Tuesday October 22 2019, @01:00PM

    by Muad'Dave (1413) on Tuesday October 22 2019, @01:00PM (#910268)

    How apropos! I'm reading "Airframe" [amazon.com] right now. If you haven't read it, you should. It's very interesting and goes into the relationships and politics of airframe manufacturers and engine suppliers (and even the friction between Airbus and US companies).

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