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FBI joins criminal probe into Boeing 737 Max certification

  

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Via:  perrie-halpern  •  5 years ago  •  9 comments

FBI joins criminal probe into Boeing 737 Max certification
Boeing and the FAA, which certified the plane two years ago, are under increasing scrutiny after the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on March 10.

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By   Dawn Kopecki, CNBC and Leslie Josephs, CNBC

Shares of   Boeing fell in after-market trading   Wednesday on news that the FBI has reportedly joined a criminal investigation of the certification process for the company's 737 Max jets, two of which have crashed since October killing 346 people.

The   Seattle Times first reported   that the bureau is assisting federal aviation investigators in a federal grand jury probe based in Washington, D.C., looking into the process. Boeing's shares were down less than 1 percent.


The news comes after the Department of Transportation on Tuesday asked the department's watchdog to audit the Federal Aviation Administration's approval of   Boeing's 737 Max 8 aircraft .

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on Tuesday sent a memo to Calvin Scovel, the department's inspector general, formalizing the request.

Boeing and the FAA, which certified the plane two years ago, are under increasing scrutiny after the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on March 10, which went down shortly after takeoff, killing all 157 people on board. Investigators who have extracted data from the airliner's black boxes said they detected "clear similarities" between the   Ethiopian Airlines flight   and a crash in Indonesia in October that killed all 189 on board.

The FAA said Wednesday that reviewing a possible software fix for the grounded airplanes is "an agency priority."

Boeing has been working on a software update that is expected to correct issues with the 737 Max maneuvering characteristics augmentation system. That system, which can push the nose of a 737 Max lower to avoid a stall, is suspected as being a contributing factor in the crash of a Lion Air jet in Indonesia in October.


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Perrie Halpern R.A.
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1  seeder  Perrie Halpern R.A.    5 years ago

This begs the question of what other parts of our government may be in bed with big business, doesn't it?

 
 
 
igknorantzrulz
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2  igknorantzrulz    5 years ago

Probably easier to list the big business that aren't, via lobbyists, and one who hired lobbyist types to head certain departments,

than to waste a lot of time and risking a carpool in a tunnel, with people having to drive with their feet, all in that curled up position, as the practically unlimited funds that ridiculous profits can provide, purchase, and or help to get elected, ones who have already been spoken for.

This was not supposed to be the American Way,

but, it has proven to be, and never as blatant as of late.

If only a certain pilot some Pres had mentioned and employed, had buckled himself into that

cock pitting fight, we would probably been again where were at, or even worse.

 
 
 
Tessylo
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3  Tessylo    5 years ago

It turns out the manufacturers of the jets are certifying them because according to sources 'the FAA is toothless' due to severe understaffing of the folks with the knowledge and training to certify these planes.  

 
 
 
Split Personality
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3.1  Split Personality  replied to  Tessylo @3    5 years ago

Maybe this Administration will rethink the budget cuts for the Aviation Safety Office in 2018 and 2019.

The FAA has been getting squeezed since the Bush Admin in 2004.  Sequestration made it worse and years of almost no major accidents lessened the importance of the oversight role.

Stay tuned...

 
 
 
Bob Nelson
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4  Bob Nelson    5 years ago

At least one airline has canceled an order, for 49 planes, saying customers would not be comfortable flying in a dubious airplane.

 
 
 
Split Personality
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4.1  Split Personality  replied to  Bob Nelson @4    5 years ago

They requested permission to cancel the contract. Boeing is sending representatives to Jakarta for "further discussions".

That's less than one percent of the standing orders for the plane.  When  Garuda Indonesia finds that Airbus cannot replace those planes for several years,

they will come back to Boeing and get a better deal for the remaining 47 MAXs on the contract which was made in 2014.

No worries.

Boeing stock was down almost 2% but starting to come back already.

btw Boeing stock was $370 all last year, hit a low of 292 in January, a high of 446 in February and is now around 370 again.

no worries there.

 
 
 
Bob Nelson
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4.1.1  Bob Nelson  replied to  Split Personality @4.1    5 years ago

If Garuda is the only one.....

 
 
 
Tacos!
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5  Tacos!    5 years ago

This story seems to get worse by the day. What a mess. In defense (sort of) of Boeing, you would think they would have no interest in selling airplanes that are likely to crash. Kinda bad for business.

 
 

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