Netflix's new film about recent Boeing plane crashes is a damning account of why the disasters happened and who was responsible
AS STORM Eunice buffeted much of the UK last month, a surprising focal point emerged: the live webcam stream of arrivals at London Heathrow Airport. At one point, 200,000 viewers tuned in to watch passenger planes struggle against the wind to land safely.
These crashes brought to an end the safest period for commercial flying in the history of aviation. It also cast doubt on Boeing’s reputation as a model of safety and the premier aeroplane manufacturer in the US.failure of the “angle-of-attack” sensor that measures the angle of the nose ofthe plane while in flight
, had they known it existed. But Boeing hadn’t told them it was a feature of the updated 737, let alone trained them on it.reporter Andy Pasztor, who acts as the audience’s guide through the story, says a senior executive at Boeing told him that the airline “didn’t want to overwhelm” pilots.
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