Boeing said Sunday that it discovered after airlines had been flying its 737 Max plane for several months that a safety alert in the cockpit was not working as intended, yet it didn't disclose that fact to airlines or federal regulators until after one of the planes crashed.
The feature was designed to warn pilots when a key sensor might be providing incorrect information about the pitch of the plane's nose.
It is not clear whether having the warning light would have prevented either the Lion Air crash or the March 10 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Max near Addis Ababa. Boeing's disclosure on Sunday, however, raised fresh questions about the company's candour with regulators and airline customers. "However, Boeing's timely or earlier communication with would have helped to reduce or eliminate possible confusion," the spokesman said in an emailed statement. He declined to give more details.
King described both features as "supplemental" and "advisory" to other information provided to pilots during flights.
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