Boeing discovers issue with 737 Max flight computers, source says
Source: CNN
Boeing's troubled 737 Max has run into a new glitch.
During a recent technical review involving the Max, Boeing observed an issue with the plane's flight computers, according to a source familiar with the matter.
The source said the issue is not related to the software revisions Boeing made to address the cause of two fatal crashes that killed 346 people, and would not occur during flight. The Max has been grounded since March following the second of those crashes.
The computer issue was observed when booting up the computers on a Max and involves the so-called software power up monitoring function, which checks for anomalies when turning on the computers. It's similar to the steps any computer might make when first turned on. The source said the process of turning on the computers is performed when the plane is on the ground, rather than in flight.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/17/business/boeing-737-max-computer-glitch/index.html
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hlthe2b
(102,423 posts)Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)"The source said the test was intended to find any issues like this one and that Boeing would fix the problem."
still_one
(92,463 posts)are going over things with a lot of scrutiny. Yes, it should have been SOP, but when this is over hopefully things will change at Boeing, and the FAA
That is why Elaine Chao has to go also, and hopefully 2020 will take care of that
burrowowl
(17,653 posts)Of physics
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B Stieg
(2,410 posts)Still!?
applegrove
(118,845 posts)on the news every two weeks if this was the 1970s. As it is it gets lost in the news environment.
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,482 posts)In alphabetical order, this list names companies who have had aircraft delivered. Several of them are leasing companies that may lease to airlines not on the list. As of 10 months ago Delta did not operate any 737 MAX family of aircraft nor were they listed as having ordered any.
9 Air
AerCap
Aerolíneas Argentinas
Aeroméxico
Air Canada
Air China
Air Lease Corporation
American Airlines
Aviation Capital Group
Avolon
BOC Aviation
Business Jet / VIP Customer(s)
CDB Financial Leasing (Ireland)
China Development Bank
China Eastern Airlines
China Southern Airlines
CIT Leasing Corporation
Comair (South Africa)
Copa Airlines
Enter Air
Ethiopian Airlines
Fiji Airways
flydubai
GECAS
Gol Transportes Aéreos
Hainan Airlines
ICBC Leasing
Icelandair
Jet Airways
Lion Air
LOT Polish Airlines
Mauritania Airlines International
Norwegian Air Shuttle
Okay Airways
Oman Air
Royal Air Maroc
SCAT Airlines
Shandong Airlines
Shenzhen Airlines
SilkAir
Smartwings
SMBC Aviation Capital
Southwest Airlines
SpiceJet
Sunwing Airlines
Timaero Ireland
TUI Group
Turkish Airlines
United Airlines
WestJet
XiamenAir
nitpicker
(7,153 posts)targetpractice
(4,919 posts)When they are back in service they'll be held together with the software equivalent of bubblegum and band-aids.