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When the FAA asked for a software fix after they decided there was an issue after the first crash they came to an agreement with Boeing for a January deadline.
by nolok 7y ago
When the FAA asked for a software fix after they decided there was an issue after the first crash they came to an agreement with Boeing for a January deadline. Boeing didn’t deliver, the FAA didn’t do anything. In March the second crash happened. This alone is horrible to think about.
- presidentscroob 7y agoThis is what regulatory capture looks like, and Ralph Nader's goddaughter paid with her life for the cozy relationship between the FAA and Boeing. That's what Boeing's corrupting political money bought: death and failure.
- raverbashing 7y agoOr the fact that Boeing determined that the lack of a functioning AOA Disagree (by mistake, it was only operational for customers that have the AOA indicator) did not constitute a safety issue.