In the middle of Boeing 737 cockpits, sitting between the pilot seats, are two toggle switches that can immediately shut off power to the systems that control the angle of the plane’s horizontal ...

In the middle of Boeing 737 cockpits, sitting between the pilot seats, are two toggle switches that can immediately shut off power to the systems that control the angle of the plane’s horizontal ...

How Boeing 737 MAX's flawed flight control system led to 2 crashes that killed 346. ... MCAS worked by triggering the horizontal stabilizer located on the aircraft’s tail to push the nose back down.

Boeing 737 MAX requires MCAS to achieve required feel forces. ... The MCAS uses the horizontal stabilizer to move the stabilizer up by 2.5 degrees resulting in a pitch down tendency for the aircraft.

Regulators grounded the global Boeing 737 MAX fleet in March 2019 after two crashes in less than five months—Indonesia’s Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302—took 346 lives.

A new automated system called MCAS is connected to the horizontal stabilizer, and is only found on the 737 MAX. MCAS is a safety device designed to run in the background and keep the plane from ...

A long-standing Boeing 737 emergency procedure the pilots of two Max jets employed while attempting to avert fatal crashes is under review by the Federal Aviation Administration, according to the ...

By Dominic Gates / The Seattle Times. SEATTLE — As Boeing hustled in 2015 to catch up to Airbus and certify its new 737 MAX, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) managers pushed the agency’s ...

Boeing said the issue is related to a "nonconforming condition" on a horizontal stabilizer fitting. The company said it will affect deliveries of the planes in the near-term but not its full-year ...