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Justice Department issues subpoenas in criminal investigation of Boeing
US Justice Department prosecutors have issued multiple subpoenas as part of an investigation into Boeing's Federal Aviation Administration certification and marketing of 737 Max planes, sources briefed on the matter told CNN.
[...] Criminal investigators have sought information from Boeing on safety and certification procedures, including training manuals for pilots, along with how the company marketed the new aircraft, the sources said.
It's not yet clear what possible criminal laws could be at issue in the probe. Among the things the investigators are looking into is the process by which Boeing itself certified the plane as safe, and the data it presented the FAA about that self-certification, the sources said.
The FBI Seattle office and Justice Department's criminal division in Washington are leading the investigation.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 21 2019, @04:50PM
Exactly, I'm waiting for the NTSB report, which might take a year--but will there be one? NTSB has a very good track record of independent accident investigation (I'm assuming here that they haven't been compromised politically in recent years--have not followed them lately).
Sadly, I haven't seen NTSB mentioned very often in all the news reports about this Boeing--is it possible that they will not be involved, and USA involvement in the investigation is going to the FAA only? If so, this would be a real loss, the pros at NTSB are the ones I trust to answer the hard technical questions.
Airplanes and their control systems are complex, I'm ignoring all the arm chair analysis that's going on now. One friend played up the large engine location, which may introduce a pitch-up moment. But countering this could be easily done by lengthening the tail a little bit to provide slightly more control authority.