Latest 737 Max Fault That Alarmed Test Pilots Rooted in Software

The Boeing 737 MAX is a family of passenger aircraft developed by the American aircraft manufacturer Boeing Commercial Airplanes from the Boeing 737 Next Generation family. The program began on August 30, 2011, made the first flight on January 29, 2016, and obtained FAA certification on March 9, 2017. The first delivery was a MAX 8 on May 16, 2017, for Malindo Air, which started operations six days later.

It should be noted that on May 18, 2019, Boeing recognized failures in the 737-MAX flight simulator software, since it was not able to reproduce the accident problems and therefore the pilots could not train for these eventualities.

Now, it is clear that the latest 737 Max Fault That Alarmed Test Pilots Rooted in Software. In fact, according to the company, a problem with the computer does not require a hardware solution.

In this way, it has been said that more details emerge about a new failure in the plane to the ground of Boeing

Failures that certainly capture the attention

While the US government test pilots analyzed dozens of flight scenarios at the Boeing Co. 737 Max in recent weeks, a possible failure caught their attention.

And it is necessary to refer to the flight computer of the plane, which they say tried to push the nose of the plane repeatedly during a simulator run, caused by a flow of erroneous flight data. The Federal Aviation Administration pilot concluded that commercial pilots may not have time to react and avoid a tragedy in a real plane.

Likewise, this failure, the last one discovered in the family of planes involved in two fatal crashes since October caused by a different fault that pressed their noses, was revealed by the FAA last month. Undoubtedly, it has launched a new uncertainty about the return to flight of the best-selling model of the Chicago-based company and sent its engineers fighting for a solution.

In this way, it is appropriate to say that interviews with people familiar with the fault suggest that it triggered multiple aggressive movements to lower the nose of the plane, which alarmed the FAA pilots and other officials. However, the movement of the nose down did not occur as a result of a computer hardware failure, according to one of the people, who in fact asked not to be named because he was not authorized to discuss the matter.

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Source: Alan Levin | Bloomberg