mo4ch:>‘We fell short’: Boeing finally admits safety flaws in implementing 737 MAX software | Mo4ch News

Boeing chief Dennis Muilenburg said his company failed to properly implement a safety alert feature on its 737 MAX aircraft, grounded globally in wake of two deadly plane crashes.“We clearly fell short … The implementation of that software, we did not do it correctly,” Muilenburg told CBS News Tuesday.“Our engineers discovered that,” he said, adding that the company was working to resolve the issue.The safety feature can notify pilots of problems early in a flight, and possibly could have prevented the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 in March, Chris Brady, the author of Boeing’s 737 Technical Guide, told the BBC.“I'm fairly confident that the Ethiopian Airlines flight probably would not have crashed if they had had the AOA disagree alert,” Brady said, referring to the safety software.Also on rt.comSafety optional? Boeing told Southwest 737 MAX alert feature NOT ON by default after Indonesia crashThe crash, which killed all 157 passengers, is now being investigated, but the …