The roots of Boeing's 737 Max crisis: A regulator relaxes its oversight

By Natalie Kitroeff, David Gelles and Jack Nicas
New York Times·
14 mins to read
The roots of Boeing's 737 Max crisis: A regulator relaxes its oversight
The roots of Boeing's 737 Max crisis: A regulator relaxes its oversight

In the days after the first crash of Boeing's 737 Max, engineers at the Federal Aviation Administration came to a troubling realisation: They didn't fully understand the automated system that helped send the plane into a nose-dive, killing everyone on board.

Engineers at the agency scoured their files for information

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