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The Congressional Transportation and Infrastructure Committee delivered its report “Design, Development and Certification of the Boeing 737MAX” on September 16, 2020. It is clearly mentioned that Boeing and the FAA share responsibility for the final development and certification of a dangerous aircraft.
The 245-page report released Sept. 16, 2020 on the US Congressional Committee’s investigation into the design, development and certification of the Boeing 737 Max is also not going hand in hand with the Seattle aircraft manufacturer. than the FAA. He explained that “Boeing and the FAA share responsibility for the development and final certification of a dangerous aircraft. Both must learn critical lessons from these tragic accidents to improve the certification process and the FAA must significantly improve its oversight of Boeing.” This report cites a series of engineering failures, mismanagement and supervision problems that led to the two accidents that killed 346 people.
Insufficient FAA oversight
“A manufacturer that was once great” This is what can be read in the conclusions, which emphasize the need to restore Seattle to a culture of safety, which the aircraft manufacturer is striving to achieve. how to restore a cloudy image. The findings indicate that the accidents, the first involving a Lion Air 737 MAX8, on October 29, 2018 and the second by Ethiopian Airlines also involving a 737 MAX8, which occurred on March 10, 2019, were not the result. of a fault. or a technical error, but a series of incorrect technical assumptions by Boeing engineers, a lack of transparency by Boeing management, and insufficient follow-up by the FAA.
Missed opportunities
The report also emphasizes the multiple missed opportunities that could have transformed the design and development of the 737 MAX, missed opportunities in particular due to production pressures. Unsurprisingly, the report also points to flawed design assumptions on Boeing’s part focused on the aircraft’s MCAS and its operation tied to a single AOA sensor. As we mentioned earlier in one of our print editions, the report claims that Boeing incorrectly assumed that pilots, most of whom were unaware of the system, could overcome any malfunctions. Boeing also failed to classify MCAS as a critical system for safety, which would have prompted increased scrutiny from the FAA during the certification process … and possibly saved lives. A report that we will talk about shortly.
