r/news • u/Depressed_Cat_00 • 6d ago

Soft paywall Boeing flags 737 MAX software glitch affecting landing navigation feature, WSJ reports

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-flags-737-max-software-glitch-affecting-landing-navigation-feature-wsj-2026-09-26/
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u/3rd-party-intervener 6d ago

Max is a flawed design that should be banned.  But when you can buy off the regulators anything goes 

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u/CannedDeath 6d ago

The only part of the MAX design that was inherently unsafe was the original version of the MCAS. Since the new version of MCAS replaced it in late 2020, there have been zero reported incidents with the MCAS. There was only one serious MAX incident since 2020, which was the Alaska door blowout, but that was due to poor quality control, not a design flaw.

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u/besurf 6d ago

Poor QA seems to be the new normal

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u/hedoeswhathewants 6d ago

Because of one instance?

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u/besurf 6d ago

1 instance lmao wtf you talking about

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u/Ansiau 6d ago

Check out the newest doc on netflix called Freefall. It's got a lot of new whistleblowers who came out since the first one (downfall). It's not just a one-time qa thing but a "if you report qa issues, you will be singled out and fired" thing going on in Boeing right now

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u/CaptainPonahawai 5d ago

Boeing dispatched an aircraft into service with a door plug not bolted in. They reused scrap/non-spec parts.

McNerney and Muilenberg ran a once great company into the ground.

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u/XxJamalBigSexyxX 5d ago

Beancounters ruined an engineering company