Boeing pilots saw MAX system problems in 2016 simulator tests

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NEW YORK: A Boeing pilot behind the 737 MAX certification in 2016 told a colleague a key flight handling system was “running rampant” during simulator tests, according to documents reviewed Friday by AFP.

The messages, which Boeing knew about for months before sharing with the Federal Aviation Administration, raised fresh questions about the company’s knowledge of problems with the MAX long before the crashes and about whether it has been transparent with regulators during investigations. In both the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes, the MCAS pointed the plane sharply downward based on a faulty sensor reading, hindering the pilots’ ability to control the aircraft after takeoff, according to preliminary crash investigations.

“Last night, I reviewed a concerning document that Boeing provided late yesterday to the Department of Transportation,” FAA Administrator Steve Dickson said in a letter to Muilenburg. Boeing furnished the messages earlier in the year to “the appropriate investigating authority,” the company’s spokesman said.

 

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