Boeing’s deception could prove costly
Steps to avoid extra pilot training likely to make claimants' cases against the planemaker stronger
16 January 2020 - 17:32
Los Angeles — Internal e-mails from Boeing employees could strengthen the legal case for families claiming the company’s push to minimise the training needed for new 737 Max aircraft contributed to two crashes that killed 346 people.
Employees bragged about fooling the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) into thinking pilots who had flown older 737 models would need only computer training to fly the new version, e-mails released by the company show...
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