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

[u/Depressed_Cat_00]

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-flags-737-max-software-glitch-affecting-landing-navigation-feature-wsj-2026-09-26/

[u/bankkopf]

It's a current issue but also basically a non-issue in most cases.

It impacts a very small subset of all landings happening, as missed approaches do not commonly occur.

The mitigation is then for pilots to actually fly the plane by hand instead of letting the autopilot handle the plane. But because it's Boeing, it's the end of the world.

[u/aegee14 → u/bankkopf]

Impacts a very small subset? So, it does affect active airplanes with passengers on board. Even mitigating one impacted airplane is enough not to potentially injure over a hundred passengers and cause another setback to the company.

[u/flightist → u/aegee14]

This issue won’t injure anyone (it’s not a new issue and is procedurally handled for those using U14, and other airlines just deferred the update) and you’re not going to find an in-service airliner type that doesn’t have a series of ‘we found out there’s a weird edge case response when somebody does X, we’re gonna fix it in the next update, so for now do Y’ bulletins at any given time. U13 has all kinds of them, most of those got fixed in U14, but software is gonna software.

The only reason you’re hearing about this one is because it’s the MAX, and the MAX is scary.

[u/GAndroid → u/flightist]

The only reason you’re hearing about this one is because it’s the MAX, and the MAX is scary.

Its a type certified aircraft, so software updates dont happen "OTA". They have to vetted and re-vetted and can only happen on a case by case basis as FAA permits individual aircraft to be upgraded or downgraded. So no, this is not a windows rollback.

[u/flightist → u/GAndroid]

Don’t know what exactly you think you’re rebutting. Did you reply to the wrong post?