- The US Government has issued an emergency airworthiness directive for airlines operating the
- The FAA directive comes one day after Boeing issued a safety bulletin alerting airlines that erroneous readings from one of the plane's sensors can cause the aircraft to enter into a sudden dive.
- The directive orders airlines to update its procedures so pilots are properly instructed on how to react when the faulty sensors cause the plane to dive.
- The Indonesian government believes this condition may have caused Lion Air JT610 to crash in October.
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The US government has ordered airlines to instruct pilots flying Boeing's 737 MAX on how to handle the potentially deadly flaw that may have caused the Lion Air crash
The FAA has issued an emergency airworthiness directive for airlines operating the Boeing 737 MAX 8 and 737 MAX 9 airliners.
A Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX 9.
The US Federal Aviation Administration issued an emergency airworthiness directive on Wednesday for airlines flying the Boeing 737 MAX 8 and 737 MAX 9 airliners.
The FAA's emergency AD reinforces the safety warning Boeing released on Tuesday. Boeing's operations manual bulletin
Lion Air Flight 610 crashed in the Java Sea shortly after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia, on October 28. All 189 people on board the flight were killed. Flight JT610 marked the first fatal crash involving Boeing's next-generation 737 Max aircraft.
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The 737 Max, the fastest-selling plane in Boeing history, is the latest version of the company's 737-family of jets. Boeing has more than 4,500 unfilled orders for the 737 Max on its books.
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