Boeing Responds to 737 Max's Concerns During a Conference Call with an Airline – Quartz

Boeing will hold a teleconference with air operators today (Nov. 20) to answer questions regarding the new 737 Max aircraft and its flight systems, three weeks after a similar aircraft model Air Lion. is crushed in the sea, announced Bloomberg (paywall).

Boeing declined to comment on the call. In response to previous requests from Quartz, the 737 Max is safe, and is working with airlines and regulators to understand what happened to the Lion Air flight.

Airline's invitation to take part comes after Indonesian investigators have focused on the role of a new anti-stall system in the Lion Air crash, which killed 189 people less than 15 minutes later. the takeoff of October 29th. The stall system uses data from an "angle of attack" sensor to adjust the dive of the aircraft when the relationship between the aircraft and the wind indicates that 39 may not be able to maintain lift.

Under certain conditions, the system can cause a sharp lowering of the nose. In this case, faulty sensor data may have caused the system to initiate the maneuver. Indonesia said the pilots of the flight were getting wrong speed readings, which was also the case in previous flights using the same gear.

After Boeing and the US Federal Aviation Administration issued safety briefings on the situation, airline pilots and regulators responded by saying that the functionality – known as maneuver – or MCAS – was not publicized enough and that the flight crews were so ". t Prepared on how to handle it, even if the aircraft is gradually put into service by dozens of carriers.

By the end of October, Boeing had received 4,783 orders for its 737 Max aircraft – dubbed the "short-haul aircraft of the future" because of its fuel efficiency and cabin capacity – and had delivered 241. More than 70 carriers placed orders, including many low-cost carriers in Asia, and at least 40 carriers received the ship. This week, SpiceJet, a low-budget Indian carrier, is scheduled to fly from Delhi to Hong Kong, while Fiji Airways plans to use it for flights to New Zealand in December.

The Wall Street Journal announced last week (Paywall) that Southwest Airlines had recently replaced two flight control sensors, of the same type currently under control on the Lion Air flight, aboard its 737 Max. He also said that Boeing was working on a software solution to the security problem.

Indonesia is due to issue a preliminary report on its investigation early next week. Although many things remain unclear about the accident, the parents of a young doctor who died in the Lion Air plane sued the United States against Boeing.

Here is a list of airlines that have received their 737 Max to date: