Boeing knew the problem of the security alert one year before informing the FAA, the airlines

Boeing Co. did not provide information about a cockpit safety alert issue for about a year before the problem was reported by the crash of a 737 MAX jet in Indonesia , then gave partial and inconsistent explanations to some airlines and pilots, representatives of industry and government.

It was only after a second accident of the MAX in Ethiopia, nearly five months later, that they said that Boeing was more willing to talk about the problem with the airlines. And the company did not publicly disclose the software …