Boeing is excused for deaths due to technical problems – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

Boeing chief executive Dennis Muilenburg admitted Thursday that the company 's flight software was responsible for 737 MAX 8 aircraft accidents in Ethiopia and Indonesia.

"We regret lost lives on the 737's recent flights, "Muilenburg said in a message posted on Twitter.

In his statement, Muilenburg said that apparently on both Ethiopian and Indonesian flights, which were reported in March and October, respectively, the automatic stabilization system (MCAS). was activated in response to information "wrong"From the angle of attack, causing fatal accidents.

"As the pilots told us, an erroneous activation of the MCAS function can add to an environment that already involves a significant workload. It's our responsibility eliminate this risk. We badume it and we know how to do it, "added the executive.

Boeing's executive was released after a preliminary report on the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 investigation said the last month had crashed after a few minutes of takeoff from Addis Ababa. causing the death of 157 people. The Ethiopian government recently confirmed that pilots could not control the plane, although they followed Boeing 's emergency protocol for this model aircraft prior to the incident. .

Before the crash of the Ethiopian Airlines, another Boeing 737 MAX 8 he took the lives of 189 people when he crashed in October 2018 on the shores of Indonesia, 13 minutes after taking off from Jakarta.

Confirmed the FAA version

After the disaster of the second plane, the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States. (FAA, for its acronym in English) indicated that there were "some similarities" between the two accidents, a position recently accepted by Boeing.

After these incidents, several countries of the European Union and Latin America, as well as the United States, China, South Korea, Australia, Turkey and India, among other nations, left the coast and / or closed their airspace to the north. devices of this Boeing model. All this resulted in a significant drop in the stock market value of the aeronautical company, which decided to suspend deliveries of its 737 MAX.

Improvements to the computer system

In his message, Muilenburg said the company was focused on work "to make sure that such tragedies do not happen again."

Last week, the company introduced the latest MCAS stabilization system update for its 737 MAX model at its Washington headquarters.

The company claims to have developed the necessary modifications to provide "extra layers" of protection if the device's tilt sensors provide erroneous data. In addition, the new version allows pilots to disable the program to operate ships manually in case of problems.