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May 15, 2019

Pilots' Union Confronted Boeing Over Faulty 737 Max Jets After First Fatal Crash
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CBS News is reporting that members of the American Airlines pilots'
union confronted Boeing in late 2018 about features on the 737 MAX
aircraft that have been implicated in two fatal crashes.
Audio has been released of an exchange between pilots and Boeing
executives, recorded in November 2018 - less than a month after the
Indonesia' Lion Air Flight 610, which killed all 189 people on board and
just four months before Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, which killed 157
people.

Pilot: "We flat out deserve to know what is on our airplanes"

Boeing official: "I don't disagree"

Pilots expressed anger that a faulty sensor system on the 737 MAX was
not communicated to them until after the first deadly accident and
pushed Boeing to work urgently on fixing the issue. The Max 737 is still
grounded and multiple lawsuits and investigations into the crashes are
underway.