The FAA certified the 737 Max in 2017. [Courtesy: Boeing]
Key Takeaways:
A new FAA watchdog report reveals the agency ignored its own engineers' recommendations to immediately ground the Boeing 737 Max following two fatal crashes.
Despite internal warnings about similarities between the accidents and high-risk estimates, top FAA officials opted to wait for more detailed data, making the FAA the last global aviation authority to ground the aircraft.
The report criticized the FAA's decision-making process as "outdated" and issued seven recommendations to improve its risk assessment and accident analysis procedures, which the agency plans to implement by March 2025.
The FAA ignored its own engineers’ recommendations to ground the Boeing 737 Max following two deadly accidents, according to a new agency watchdog report.
The Department Office of Inspector General issued the report on Friday, writing that its “audit objective was to evaluate FAA’s processes and procedures for grounding aircraft and implementing corrective actions.”
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Amelia Walsh is a private pilot who enjoys flying her family’s Columbia 350. She is based in Colorado and loves all things outdoors including skiing, hiking, and camping.
