Analysts, including former Boeing flight controls experts, are concerned that a new automated flight control system on Boeing's 737 MAX may be flawed and that the way it changed the jet's handling could have sown confusion on the flight deck of Lion Air Flight JT610.
Dispute arises among U.S. pilots on Boeing 737 MAX system linked to Lion Air crash
The United Airlines pilot leadership, in a sharp break with peers at American Airlines and Southwest, pushed back against criticism of Boeing for not disclosing to airlines the existence of a new automatic flight control system on the MAX.
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Seattle’s economic growth since the Great Recession might as well be called the Amazon Boom. But with Amazon’s gaze shifting to New York and Virginia, its newly chosen HQ2 sites, Seattle's economy could be in for something different.
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Senate approves exemption for Anacortes-built trawler grounded by too much foreign steel
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