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A United Airlines Boeing 737 Max airplane takes off in the rain at Renton Municipal Airport in Renton, Washington
Boeing improperly influenced a test designed to see how quickly pilots could respond to malfunctions on the Boeing 737 Max, Senate investigators say.
In a report released on Friday, the Senate Commerce Committee also said Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials may have obstructed a review of two deadly crashes involving the plane, and the FAA continues to retaliate against whistleblowers.
The FAA’s parent agency, the Transportation Department, has also hindered investigators by failing to turn over documents, it said.
A Boeing 737 Max lands earlier this month at an airport in Porto Alegre, Brazil. On Friday, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation released its probe into what went wrong with the airliner after it was involved in multiple deadly crashes. Silvio Avila / AFP via Getty Images
Senate investigators have heaped criticism on both Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration, finding a series of failures and improprieties during the review process that put the troubled Boeing 737 Max jetliner in the sky.
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation laid out the fatal missteps in a scathing report issued Friday.
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The first US 737 MAX commercial flight with paying passengers is set for December 29.
The report from the Senate Commerce Committee Republican staff raised questions about testing this year of a key safety system known as MCAS tied to both fatal crashes was contrary to proper protocol
Boeing officials “inappropriately coached” test pilots during recertification efforts after two fatal 737 MAX crashes killed 346 people, according to a lengthy congressional report released on Friday.
The report from the Senate Commerce Committee Republican staff raised questions about testing this year of a key safety system known as MCAS tied to both fatal crashes was contrary to proper protocol.
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