The DOJ is reportedly probing whether Boeing's chief pilot misled regulators over the 737 Max
The Department of Justice is investigating whether Boeing knowingly lied to Federal Aviation Administration officials while working to get approval for the 737 Max, aOver the past several months, The Times reported, prosecutors have questioned several Boeing employees in front of a grand jury.
The Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System, or MCAS, was designed to make the 737 Max handle essentially identically to the previous version of the plane — the 737 New Generation, or NG — despite the Max planes having larger engines.
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