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Here’s the latest news on the MCAS “fix” from Canada. With Boeing apparently claiming that the MCAS is fixed and good to go, Canadian Transport Minister Marc Garneau suggested that while no final decision had been reached, simulator training could be required for MAX pilots in Canada regardless of the FAA’s approach. “Simulators are the very best way from […]

According to CNN, air crash investigators continue to dig into whoever designed or approved the Angle of Attack (AOA) sensors in the fatal flights of both the Lion Air and Ethiopian Boeing Max 8 crashes. The sensor that killed the Lion Air flight had allegedly been “repaired” by “Xtra Aerospace” before it was returned to Lion Air for […]

On March 10, Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 departed Addis Ababa Bole International Airport bound for Nairobi, Kenya.  Just after takeoff the pilot radioed a distress call and was given an immediate clearance to return and land.  Six minutes later 149 passengers and eight crew members were dead.   According to CNN the Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max […]

New reports say FAA states that it may be weeks before Boeing finishes its proposed software update.  FAA representatives state that “Time is needed for additional work by Boeing on its 737 MAX Flight Control Systems to ensure that Boeing has identified and appropriately addressed all pertinent issues” relating to the Lyon Air and Ethiopian airline crashes […]

According to Boeing its Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) was designed and certified for the 737 MAX to enhance the pitch stability of the airplane, so that it feels and flies like other 737s.  The question now however is, did it have the potential to command undesired, repeated pitch excursions which caused the nose of the 737 MAX to […]