Boeing did not disclose 737 MAX alert issue to FAA for 13 months.
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON - Boeing Co did not tell U.S. regulators for more than a year that it inadvertently made an alarm alerting pilots to a mismatch of flight data optional on the 737 MAX, instead of standard as on earlier 737s, but insisted on Sunday the missing display represented no safety risk
In a statement, Boeing said it only discovered once deliveries of the 737 MAX had begun in 2017 that the so-called AOA Disagree alert was optional instead of standard as it had intended, but added that was not critical safety data. "Neither the angle of attack indicator nor the AOA Disagree alert are necessary for the safe operation of the airplane," Boeing said.
"However, Boeing’s timely or earlier communication with the operators would have helped to reduce or eliminate possible confusion," he added. The angle of attack measures the angle between the air flow and the wing and helps determine whether the plane is able to fly correctly. If the angle becomes too steep, the flow of air over the wing is disturbed, throwing the plane into an aerodynamic stall. That means it starts to fall instead of fly.
The 737 MAX was grounded worldwide over safety concerns following the Ethiopian crash in March, killing 157 people.
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