Last year, inspectors with the Federal Aviation Administration discovered Boeing de-activated a signal designed to advise the cockpit crew of a malfunctioning of the MCAS system, the source said.
WASHINGTON – US regulators considered grounding some Boeing 737 MAX planes last year after learning of a problem with a system that is now the main suspect in two deadly crashes, a source close to the matter said.
Before the Lion Air crash, which killed all 189 people on board, "the were depicted as operable by Boeing on all MAX aircraft" regardless of whether the cockpit crew thought they had them turned on or off, said a Southwest spokeswoman. They considered recommending grounding the planes as they explored whether pilots flying the aircraft needed additional training about the alerts, said the source.
In times of mid-air distress, the system is supposed to activate on its own and push the nose of the plane down to keep it from stalling.The grounding has already cost the carrier a billion dollars, Boeing said last week.
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