Boeing Knowingly Pushed Cost Savings Over Safety

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Many issues Boeing weighed when developing the MAX look questionable in hindsight, but others are drawing scrutiny based on what the company knew at the time.
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Boeing knew in 2013 that introducing the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) to the 737 MAX might trigger additional training requirements, so it made a decision: referring to the MCAS internally was fine; but externally, particularly when talking with regulators, the MCAS would...

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