Boeing Didn’t Tell Airlines That Safety Alert Wasn’t On

Boeing Didn’t Tell Airlines That Safety Alert Wasn’t On
Workers walk next to a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane parked at Boeing Field, in Seattle, on March 14, 2019. Ted S. Warren/File via AP
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Boeing said Sunday that it discovered after airlines had been flying its 737 Max plane for several months that a safety alert in the cockpit was not working as intended, yet it didn’t disclose that fact to airlines or federal regulators until after one of the planes crashed.

The feature was designed to warn pilots when a key sensor might be providing incorrect information about the pitch of the plane’s nose.