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The deadly Boeing 737 Max crashes in 2018 and 2019 involved a software system, MCAS, that was supposed to keep people safe — but instead contributed to the tragic deaths of 346 people. Watch an excerpt from “Boeing’s Fatal Flaw,” a documentary from FRONTLINE and The New York Times premiering Sept. 14, 2021.

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39 thoughts on “Two Boeing 737 Max Crashes and a ‘Fatal Flaw’ | “Boeing’s Fatal Flaw” | FRONTLINE

  1. Boeing forced, a 21st Century, giant fan jet engines, upon an airframe originally designed in 1970! The giant engines rode up in front of the wings: Interfering with lift, and offsetting the center of gravity of the plane. The plane "LEAP-FROGGED" the entire time it was in the air, including while climbing for take-off!
    Those low-to the-ground landing gear looked real cool back in 1971. THIS WAS PLAIN MURDER:
    AVOID THE 737 MAX, IN EVERY CONFIGURATION! BOYCOTT BOEING.

  2. Forkner has been made the target and scapegoat of these issues! Even a U.S. sitting Democrat congressman, DeFazio (D-OR) and his staff lead investigator, Pasternak (D-DC), and crucify Forkner on a New York Times documentary….First off, the media are liars covering-up the real cause of the 737MAX that they, and Obama/Biden administrators "new" Boeing had severe Safety issues across its Commercial Aircraft, to include 737MAX BEFORE the crashes….they could of saved lives, but instead evaded reporting and investigating purposely over its liberal political agendas to protect votes and seats…..Second, Boeing lost its core competency long ago to design safe aircraft set out by industry level high standards to meet 14 CFR requirements…."ALL" of this is well documented in federal court cases in the Western District of Washington Seattle and U.S. DOL ALJ/ARB in Neely v. Boeing. Neely was the "only" whistleblower who filed "formal' complaints within Boeing and to U.S. DOT, FAA, U.S. DOL OSHA, SEC and EEOC under a Democrat Obama/Biden administrators BEFORE the crashes, who refused and failed to investigate and report the public safety was in grave danger before the crashes……even the Massachusetts clan was told this after the crashes, but the 116th House Aviation Investigations and Senate under Democrat control with the Massachusetts clan at the helm "COVERED-UP" the truth lying to the public. Third, The Democrats have controlled the court system, controlled the media reporting and controlled the investigations throughout these serious issues while lying and covering up in a lair of corruption only to assure "YOUR VOTES" for them. As the "clan" has congress, DOJ and all the media outlets on liberal speed dial to shape its political agendas against the past Trump administration, I assure you 2022 and 2024 will unveil the root of their evil.

  3. This big corp are just looking for something to blame… the moment they put MCAS secretly without telling the pilots.. is also the moment they are F*** up~

  4. This is old news. There’s nothing to be learned that hasn’t already been figured out. Blame has been acknowledged. Responsibility assigned and taken. Years of Federal investigations and changes have gone down. Enough said. Time to move on.

  5. I have not been on a Boeing aircraft since I saw the 60 Minutes Australia episode on the 737NG construction methods. I question whether or not Boeing will ever be able to make a trustworthy aircraft (or spacecraft) again.

  6. The people in the two crashes did not have to die, the Boeing is to be blamed for the short cuts it took to make this plane just so they can compete with Airbus, and installing a software to compensate for a major design flaw, it’s just criminal.

  7. The only mistake was allowing 2 third world derelict pilots that thought they were fighter pilots. Radar and FDR proves the a/c were being handled in an unsafe manner to force the a/c into final approach.

  8. It's never hard to tell when these documentaries are made by people with no knowledge of flight procedures or terms. Especially when they keep showing interior shots of the 737NG. They completely ignore the fact that the flight crew did not reduce throttle and did not have both pilots working to get the trim wheel moving if one had trouble by himself. Third-world countries are notoriously bad with civil/commercial aviation oversight and airline training requirements. They can fly planes in good conditions, but in an emergency everything just falls apart. And that's ignoring the fact that improper maintenance caused the sensor failures.

  9. People … don't worry. Boeing Max killed less pople than COVID.

    I am sure you'll agree if you have no brain… 😈

    The reality – BOEING LIED AND BOEING MAX NOW IS BRANDED AS KILLER "HELL" PLANE!!!!

  10. Boeing changed the center of gravity and made the 737Max unstable. Problem is new "energy efficient" engines too big to fit under wing like previous model. Simple fix othets have used is adding ballast, weight, to compensate for engine weight. But cheapass Boeing didn't want to lose weight carrying capacity. But they didn't want to make changes that FAA would require recertification (like making the landing gear longer, or different engines.)

  11. It’s disgusting that Boeing did not test fly this plane enough to find this problem. They should lose their ability to manufacture any more planes.

  12. As a retired pilot with 27,000 hours on various Boeing’s I would like to believe that put in the same scenario when I first noticed a major and irrational movement of the Stabiliser Trim I would have immediately de powered the Stab Trim and manually re trimmed, but hindsight is a wonderful thing. This aside for Boeing to put a new system on a jet that has the ability to manipulate the flight controls and not inform either the pilots or the airlines of its presence is in my view criminal and has damaged my view of Boeing irreparably.

  13. No surprise, like all government officials, they lie through their teeth to appease their financers, no actual care of the lives lost and families suffering. Even the the facts have been presented which completely go against what they say. Police do it the most, they will lie and lie and lie after murdering someone in cold blood, fight to keep the footage from the public, and when it comes out it is exactly the opposite of what they say. These cops get paid leave and no consequences. If by chance, one in a million, they are fired, another department will hire them. This can happen 10-20 times. How in the fuck do we let this happen. What the fuck is wrong with people in power and big money in this country. We all as people need to stand up to this bullshit.

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