Boeing’s 737 Max shouldn’t be allowed to fly with a controversial flight-control system, an aviation regulator reportedly said in leaked emails

Boeing’s 737 Max shouldn’t be allowed to fly with a controversial flight-control system, an aviation regulator reportedly said in leaked emails

Business·2019-11-23 05:34

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FILE PHOTO: The angle of attack sensor, at bottom center, is seen on a 737 Max aircraft at the Boeing factory in Renton, Washington, U.S., March 27, 2019.

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A manager at Canada’s aviation regulator wrote in an email that should not be allowed to fly again with the controversial MCAS automated flight-control system, according to a .

In the leaked email, which was originally sent to officials at the , as well as the European and Brazilian aviation regulators, the Canadian official said that he was worried that regulators might end up approving fix to the system, even if issues continued to emerge.

At least one manager at the FAA agreed, according to the Times.

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A manager at Canada’s air safety regulator said that Boeing should remove an automated system, MCAS, from the 737 Max before the plane is allowed to fly again, according to a New York Times report.

The statement was reportedly made in e-mails to counterparts at the US Federal Aviation Administration, The European Union Aviation Safety Agency and Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency, which were reviewed by the Times.

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