The US aircraft manufacturer Boeing already knew long before the first crash of a machine of the type 737 MAX is a software problem, the model number. The Information was not initially disclosed to the authorities.
Boeing acknowledged to have already been a few months after delivery at the beginning of the 737 MAX in may of 2017, found that a warning system failed to work in the cockpit properly. We have launched an internal investigation, which had come to the conclusion that there is no impairment of flight safety, said in a message of the company
Boeing’s upper management was not involved in this investigation and only after the first crash of a 737-MAX machine in Indonesia on the 29. October 2018 and will become aware of the issue. Also, the US aviation authority, FAA had only been around informed a week after the accident. In December there had been a further investigation that also revealed that the Problem was not a security risk.
Connection with crash unclear
10. March was to come to a second crash of a 737 MAX in Ethiopia. A total of 346 people died in the accidents. An error of the control software used, which was developed specifically for Boeing’s new edition of the 737 series, after the first determination report as the cause of the accident is suspected.
The warning system, which is a Problem Boeing knew since 2017, in connection with the MCAS program. Whether and to what extent it played a for the crashes decisive role, is yet unclear.
gri/wa (dpa, afp)