Boeing

• 🚩 Two Boeing 737 MAX planes crashed due to a flawed flight control system called MCAS (Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System). Boeing tried to hide the existence of this system by not training pilots on it and even *removing* references to it from the flight manuals. For initial certification they claimed it to be an upgrade to an existing system whereas it was a new one, in order to minimize scrutiny. In the subsequent investigation to the crashes other design problems in the flight computers were uncovered.
  • Sources: en.wikipedia.org, www.netflix.com (critically acclaimed documentary)

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