Anum Owais: What I Know About Boeing 737 MAX Crash

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What I know about Boeing 737 MAX

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Submitted to: Mr Ali Raza jafri

What I know about Boeing 737 MAX crash.
BoeinG Max 737 is the American Narrow-body aircraft series designed and produced by Boeing
commercial airlines as a fourth generation of the Boeing 737. It cost from $99.7 to 134.9$ for a
unit.
The world is in a shock when it heard about a Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed a few
minutes after taking off from Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people on board on March 10th, 2019
and then follow the October crash of Lion Air Flight 610 in Indonesia that killed all 189
passengers and crew. So the company is to be blamed directly for this fault because of the
same model boeing 737 Max 8 jetliner been used and the pattern was similar in both planes as
both crashed within 15 minutes of take-offs.
In response 29 contries has grounded this plane. Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg reportedly
spoke to Trump that same day, urging him not to ground the Max 8. But on Wednesday, March
13th, Trump eventually bowed to pressure, directing the FAA (federal aviation administration)
to ground the plane.
In the ongoing investigation, Max 8’s stall-prevention system, apparent maintenance lapses,
and potential pilot error has been focused. A preliminary report from Indonesian investigators
indicates that Lion Air 610 crashed because a faulty sensor erroneously reported that the
airplane was stalling. The false report triggered an automated system known as the
Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System, or MCAS. This system tried to point the
aircraft’s nose down so that it could gain enough speed to fly safely.
MCAS takes readings from two sensors that determine how much the plane’s nose is pointing
up or down relative to oncoming airflow. When MCAS detects that the plane is pointing up at a
dangerous angle, it can automatically push down the nose of the plane in an effort to prevent
the plane from stalling.
MCAS is unique to the Max jets, and isn’t present in other Boeing 737s and the pilots were not
given the adequate training about it. It was activated without the pilot’s input, which has led to
some frustration among pilots of the 737 Max jet. At least half a dozen pilots have reported
being caught off guard by sudden descents in the aircraft, according to the Dallas News.
One pilot said it was “unconscionable that a manufacturer, the FAA, and the airlines would have
pilots flying an airplane without adequately training, or even providing available resources and
sufficient documentation to understand the highly complex systems that differentiate this
aircraft from prior models,” according to an incident report filed with a NASA database.
When the Max jet was under development, regulators determined that pilots could fly the
planes without extensive retraining because they were essentially the same as previous
generations, according to The New York Times. This saved Boeing a lot of money on extra
training, which aided the company in its competition with Airbus to introduce newer, more
fuel-efficient airplanes. The FAA didn’t change those rules after Lion Air 610 crashed.
So rather than hours-long training sessions in giant, multimillion-dollar simulators, many pilots
instead learned about the 737’s new features on an iPad. Pilots at United Airlines put together
a 13-page guide to the 737 Max, which did not mention the MCAS.
According to Reuters the doomed Lion Air cockpit voice recorder revealed how pilots scoured a
manual in a losing battle to figure out why they were hurtling down to sea.
On Sunday, March 17th, Muilenburg issued a statement describing steps the company was
taking to update its technology. “While investigators continue to work to establish definitive
conclusions, Boeing is finalizing its development of a previously-announced software update
and pilot training revision that will address the MCAS flight control law’s behavior in response
to erroneous sensor inputs,” Muilenburg said.
The FAA says it is keeping a close eye on Boeing’s software update that is intended to correct
problems with MCAS, CNBC reports.
Meanwhile, experts are questioning the legality of documents that the families of Lion Air 610’s
victims say they are being pressured into signing, according to The New York Times. In order to
collect payments of 1.3 billion rupiah, or $91,600, families are being required to sign a pledge
promising not to pursue legal action against Lion Air, its financial backers, and Boeing. The
pledge appears to violate Indonesian law.
However, Boeing’s shares have fallen 11 per cent since the crash, wiping US$26 billion from its
market value.
Main reasons which i conclude for Max grounding are:

-Software technicality
-safety measures were comprised by not giving pilots adequate training so that money can be
saved from trainings.

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Main reasons which i conclude for Max grounding are:

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