Safety

Senate probe: 737 Max test pilots ‘coached’ to fit assumptions on MCAS reaction time

By 2020-12-19T10:34:00

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Source: Boeing

US Senate committee investigators believe Boeing and the US FAA tried to re-affirm controversial assumptions over pilot response times during 737 Max recertification, by pre-determining the outcome of tests on crew reactions to a runaway stabiliser.

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