The MCAS system on the 737 MAX, which Boeing has redesigned after two fatal MAX crashes that killed 346 people, is similar to a system Boeing had previously developed for the KC-46 military ...

RENTON, Wash. — Boeing unveiled fixes to its 737 MAX aircraft on Wednesday, highlighting changes to a key safety feature that affects the behavior of the plane. The announcement comes several ...

And Boeing sees the toggles as a vital backstop to a new safety system on the 737 MAX — the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) — which is suspected of repeatedly moving the ...

Let’s take Boeing first. The company should be prepared to address any question regulators ask, and provide any details they request about MCAS or any other aspect of the Max.

MCAS was supposed to counteract the changed center of gravity on the Max, which boasts larger and more powerful engines than its 737 predecessors.

The 737 Max air-frame changes and the MCAS should have been designated as critical systems changes from the outset and warranted a new aircraft certification, not an amendment to an earlier 737 ...

MCAS, or Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System, is additional software added to the 737 MAX flight control computers.

News Business Early fix for 737 MAX 8 was in FAA’s hands 7 weeks before Ethiopian crash March 26, 2019 Updated Tue., March 26, 2019 at 7:24 p.m. FILE- In this March 13, 2019, file photo pPeople ...

Boeing will pay a total criminal monetary amount of over $2.5 billion, composed of a criminal monetary penalty of $243.6 million, compensation payments to Boeing’s 737 MAX airline customers of ...

Regulators grounded the global Boeing 737 MAX fleet in March 2019 after two crashes in less than five months—Indonesia’s Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302—took 346 lives ...