At least six emergency situations in the air and dozens of start bans. That is the fate of the accident-hit aircraft type Boeing 737 Max after the US aviation authorities FAA gave the go-ahead to fly again.
The figures come from a report from pilots in the first year after the aircraft type was allowed to take off again in late 2020.
Former Boeing employees and the FAA, the Federal Aviation Administration, characterized the emergencies as serious with the possibility of ending in tragedy, which fortunately did not happen.
Among the reports are engines that stop, and pilots that partially lose control of the aircraft.
A United Airlines pilot alerted Mayday after the system that controls the aircraft’s stability and altitude stopped working.
An investigator for the US Air Safety Authority, NTSB, confirms to ABC that the Congress has requested an investigation of Boeing’s routines for quality control. The investigation will include a review of the production of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.