Before Fatal Lion Air Crash, Boeing’s New Jet Hit Problem in Tests

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The 737 MAX-8 presented pilots with a challenge that the company thought could be solved with a system that airline pilots need not know about.

Published Nov. 23 2018 10:31AM EST

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When Boeing pilots were flight testing the new MAX-8 version of the venerable 737 jet they discovered a problem that made the airplane difficult to handle when its speed dropped to a point where it was in danger of triggering an aerodynamic stall, and a

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Before Fatal Lion Air Crash, Boeing’s New Jet Hit Problem in Tests

The 737 MAX-8 presented pilots with a challenge that the company thought could be solved with a system that airline pilots need not know about.

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Clive Irving