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MicaelS

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10. From your experience ...

Reply to jimmil (Reply #9)

Wed Aug 28, 2019, 02:24 PM

Aug 2019

Is this a software only problem, or could it hardware based, or both?

The Max was an update of a 50-year-old design, and the changes needed to be limited enough that Boeing could produce the new planes like cookie cutters, with few changes for either the assembly line or airlines.

If it's software only, since they know the problem, why is the fix taking so long?

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