An alert system that was supposed to be a standard feature on Boeing's 737 Max aircraft 'was not operable on all airplanes,' the company has said
Hong Kong An alert system that was supposed to be a standard feature on Boeing's 737 Max aircraft"was not operable on all airplanes," the company has said.
Boeing said in a statement Monday that the function wasn't working on some of its planes because it was mistakenly linked to an optional feature, the angle of attack indicator."The disagree alert was intended to be a standard, standalone feature on MAX airplanes. However, the disagree alert was not operable on all airplanes because the feature was not activated as intended," it said.
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