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This is probably the best piece I've read about this: "How the Boeing 737 Max Disaster Looks to a Software Developer" https://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/avia

by papito 7y ago

This is probably the best piece I've read about this: "How the Boeing 737 Max Disaster Looks to a Software Developer" https://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/aviation/how-the-boeing-737-max-disaster-looks-to-a-software-developer https://spectrum.ieee.org/aerospace/aviation/how-the-boeing-...

SilasX 7y ago
HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19694207 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19694207
hhas01 7y ago
How the Boeing 737 Max Disaster Looks to a Software Developer “Ehhh, we’ll patch it in the next release…”? /badum-tish (Actually a really deep and insightful read. Tx.)
salawat 7y ago
Obligatory further reading repost. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/times-watchdog/the-inside-story-of-mcas-how-boeings-737-max-system-gained-power-and-lost-safeguards/ https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/times-watchdog/the... EDIT: What? It's one of the better written articles that actually includes most of the technical details, plus some of the corporate environment related ones. The two articles together are basically guaranteed to contain all the essentials one needs to understand what happened.
- noneeeed 7y ago
  The Seattle times has had some of the best reporting on this, presumably because they have been covering aviation for a long time. I've found some of the tech press have (not surprisingly) treated it too much as a technical issue in the sense of it being about broken software or hardware. This whole disaster has been a great example of the importance of good systems and safety engineering, of effective oversight, and of a good safety culture. What is depressing about it is that the aviation industry worked hard for decades to develop an open and effective safety culture, and Boeing seem to have forgotten a lot of the painful lessons of the past. Hopefully, if anything good comes out of this situation, it will be a reinforcement of the culture and mindset that has made commercial flight incredibly safe.

by papito 7y ago

SilasX 7y ago

HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19694207 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19694207

hhas01 7y ago

How the Boeing 737 Max Disaster Looks to a Software Developer “Ehhh, we’ll patch it in the next release…”? /badum-tish (Actually a really deep and insightful read. Tx.)

salawat 7y ago

Obligatory further reading repost. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/times-watchdog/the-inside-story-of-mcas-how-boeings-737-max-system-gained-power-and-lost-safeguards/ https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/times-watchdog/the... EDIT: What? It's one of the better written articles that actually includes most of the technical details, plus some of the corporate environment related ones. The two articles together are basically guaranteed to contain all the essentials one needs to understand what happened.

noneeeed 7y ago
The Seattle times has had some of the best reporting on this, presumably because they have been covering aviation for a long time. I've found some of the tech press have (not surprisingly) treated it too much as a technical issue in the sense of it being about broken software or hardware. This whole disaster has been a great example of the importance of good systems and safety engineering, of effective oversight, and of a good safety culture. What is depressing about it is that the aviation industry worked hard for decades to develop an open and effective safety culture, and Boeing seem to have forgotten a lot of the painful lessons of the past. Hopefully, if anything good comes out of this situation, it will be a reinforcement of the culture and mindset that has made commercial flight incredibly safe.