'This airplane is designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys,' one worker wrote in April 2017.
: Boeing has released hundreds of pages of messages showing employees making disparaging comments about the safety and production of the now-grounded 737 MAX, plunging the company and its beleaguered best-seller into further crisis.
In one exchange between two employees in February 2018, a staffer asked: “Would you put your family on a MAX simulated trained aircraft? I wouldn't.” Another wrote in April 2017: “This airplane is designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys,” in reference to issues with plane equipment.
All the messages occurred long before the 737 MAX was grounded in March 2019, after two crashes—in October 2018 and March 2019—in which 346 people died. Investigators say the crashes were linked to errors with the MCAS anti-stall system, a key safety feature.
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