Fatal flaw in Boeing 737 Max could have been ‘easily’ detected, hearing learns

Chris Moore, who lost his daughter Danielle in the Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max crash one year ago, poses for a portrait at Transport Canada's headquarters in Ottawa, on March 10, 2020.The deadly flaw in the Boeing 737 Max could have been “easily” detected with a simple test before the new plane flew, a federal hearing learned on Tuesday, the first anniversary of a crash in Ethiopia that killed 157 people, including 18 Canadians.

Had Boeing engineers tested how the failure of that sensor might affect the overall operation of the software, and therefore the plane as a whole, they would have been able to see the 737 Max had a catastrophic weakness, Mr. Primeau said. Under aviation regulations, manufacturers can apply design tweaks to an existing aircraft certificate if they are not considered critical changes, a process known in the industry as “grandfathering.” Mr. Primeau said aircraft manufacturers are sometimes reluctant to perform full aircraft tests on design tweaks if they are not deemed major alterations.

Crash investigations have shown that Boeing withheld information about the software, known as the manoeuvring characteristics augmentation system, or MCAS, from pilots and airlines, and left key details out of the flight manual in an effort to get the plane certified faster. Owing to a series of deregulation moves in the U.S., the FAA gave Boeing’s engineers increasing authority to certify their own designs, tantamount to self regulation.

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