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mobeau69

(11,141 posts)
Wed Mar 20, 2019, 08:58 PM Mar 2019

Justice Department issues subpoenas in criminal investigation of Boeing

Source: CNN

New York (CNN)US Justice Department prosecutors have issued multiple subpoenas as part of an investigation into Boeing's Federal Aviation Administration certification and marketing of 737 Max planes, sources briefed on the matter told CNN.

The criminal investigation, which is in its early stages, began after the October 2018 crash of a 737 Max aircraft operated by Lion Air in Indonesia, the sources said. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao on Tuesday asked the agency's inspector general to investigate the Max certification.

Criminal investigators have sought information from Boeing on safety and certification procedures, including training manuals for pilots, along with how the company marketed the new aircraft, the sources said.

It's not yet clear what possible criminal laws could be at issue in the probe. Among the things the investigators are looking into is the process by which Boeing itself certified the plane as safe, and the data it presented the FAA about that self-certification, the sources said.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/20/business/boeing-justice-department-subpoenas/index.html

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Justice Department issues subpoenas in criminal investigation of Boeing (Original Post) mobeau69 Mar 2019 OP
After the Lion Air crash eh? Corgigal Mar 2019 #1
America First! IronLionZion Mar 2019 #4
Someone needs to look into how much tRump's Government Shutdown delayed solving the problem SFnomad Mar 2019 #2
Link to The Hill nitpicker Mar 2019 #3
I hate to see it, I really do... Maxheader Mar 2019 #5
 

SFnomad

(3,473 posts)
2. Someone needs to look into how much tRump's Government Shutdown delayed solving the problem
Wed Mar 20, 2019, 09:12 PM
Mar 2019

The "safety update" was apparently delayed because of it.

Boeing's safety update to 737 Max was reportedly delayed due to government shutdown

Boeing was working on a safety software update after one of its 737 Max 8 planes crashed in October but the effort was delayed by five weeks due to the partial government shutdown, the Wall Street Journal reported.

After a second 737 Max 8 plane crashed on a flight from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Nairobi, Kenya, on Sunday, Boeing said it had been working on a safety feature designed to stabilize a plane in the event of a stall “for several months.”

Maxheader

(4,372 posts)
5. I hate to see it, I really do...
Thu Mar 21, 2019, 09:05 AM
Mar 2019

Worked boeing wichita when it was called that..Spent a few years in
renton and one in everett wa..there as a contractor...the rest direct
positions...Management usually sucked..not always. There are a lot of
good leaders...And the aircraft are amazing..I was in everett wa.
when the first 41 section (front of the fuselage) of the 787 came
in...Mostly carbon fiber...a 1st for boeing...

They obviously need to get this figured out..pronto, And make all the necessary
reparations...Its gonna hurt..

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