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   The US House of Representatives makes mincemeat of aircraft manufacturer   
   Boeing and aviation authority FAA in a parliamentary investigation into the   
   Boeing 737 MAX. Boeing went wrong in the design and development of the   
   aircraft, according to the Transportation Committee, while the FAA failed to   
   oversee the manufacturer and the certification.   
       
   In the 250-page parliamentary investigation report, delegates concluded that   
   the fatal crashes with Boeing 737 MAX aircraft from Lion Air and Ethiopian   
   Airlines are not due to a single defect, technical error or mismanagement.   
       
   They were the terrible sum of a series of erroneous technical assumptions by   
   Boeing engineers, a lack of transparency on the part of Boeing's management   
   and grossly inadequate oversight by the FAA.   
       
   Earlier this year it appeared that Boeing presented the new Maneuvering   
   Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) - the malfunctioning of which led   
   to the air disasters in 2018 and 2019 - as nothing more than an extension of   
   an existing system. In this way, the company wanted to avoid extra   
   certification costs and costly pilot training. The FAA has not intervened.   
       
   In a response, Boeing dons the fine cloth. "As a company, we have learned a   
   lot of hard lessons from the accidents with Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian   
   Airlines Flight 302 and the mistakes we made." As a company, the aircraft   
   manufacturer emphasizes that it has also made fundamental changes, which is   
   recognized in the report.   
       
   "Multiple committees, experts and government agencies have investigated   
   MAX-related issues, and we have incorporated many of their recommendations, as   
   well as the results of our own internal assessments, into the 737 MAX and the   
   overall aircraft design process," said Boeing.   
       
   Once the MAX is found safe by the FAA and other regulators and ready for use   
   again, it will be one of the most thoroughly researched aircraft ever,   
   according to Boeing. "We have complete confidence in its safety." The MAX,   
   which has been grounded worldwide since March 2019, may be allowed to fly   
   again at the end of this year.   
       
   The FAA states in a response that it will implement the improvements   
   recommended in the report. Parliamentarians have proposed reforms to   
   restructure the way the FAA oversees aircraft certification. A senate   
   committee will consider a reform bill on Wednesday.   
      
   --- DB4 - August 7 2020   
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