tristan957 t1_j5znmi2 wrote on January 26, 2023 at 6:01 PM

Reply to comment by 5AlarmFirefly in 737 Max crashes: Boeing in court on fraud charge by greatdevonhope

Appreciate the explanation. So this was more of a procedural issue in that one branch can't tell the other branch to recertify the plane?

5AlarmFirefly t1_j5zoslm wrote on January 26, 2023 at 6:08 PM

This article explains it very well: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/01/business/boeing-737-max-crash.html (If you get a paywall just turn off javascript)

5AlarmFirefly t1_j5zoby3 wrote on January 26, 2023 at 6:05 PM

Well, the one branch absolutely should have required the new safety tests, and maybe they assumed Boeing had informed the other branch of the changes? But never trust giant corporations to self-regulate I think is the takeaway message. Boeing is overwhelmingly responsible for the crashes. They even continued to hide the issues with MCAS after the first crash.