Boeing to mandate safety alert in 737 MAX software upgrade - sources

FILE PHOTO: Lion Air's Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane is parked on the tarmac of Soekarno Hatta International airport near Jakarta, Indonesia, March 15, 2019. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo

Boeing previously offered the AOA DISAGREE alert, which warns pilots when the “angle of attack” readings do not match, but it was not required by regulators. Boeing will now retrofit older planes with the light that did not initially receive it, the officials said. Boeing did not immediately comment Thursday.

Federal prosecutors, the Transportation Department’s inspector general and U.S. lawmakers are investigating the Federal Aviation Administration’s certification of the 737 MAX. Indonesia’s Lion Air did not install the warning light. Lion Air Fight 610 crashed in October minutes after takeoff, killing all 189 onboard. The company told Reuters in November it did not install it because it was not required.

Grounding the plane indefinitely is the only solution. No way in hell I am flying on one of these planes!

Oooohhh - an alert - wow. Pretty sure I’m going to want a fix not just an alert. I’m funny that way.

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