Boeing 737 MAX. Photo: Boeing
It “Should Never Be Allowed to Fly Again”
Families who lost loved ones in the March 10, 2019 crash of Flight ET302 have repeatedly challenged the rush of the United States to bring the originally self-certified Boeing aircraft back into the air without appropriate feedback from international agencies and proper Pilot and expert testing.
Family of the victims have also been vocal that the troubled aircraft should never be allowed to fly again.
Furthermore, in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that would show what Boeing knew before allowing the second crash of the type to take place just five months after the first, Flyers Rights, a consumer protection organization, also questioned the redaction of the requested documents.
Photo: Boeing A Veil of Secrecy
Flyers Rights argues that it is not possible to consider the Boeing documents that provide its means of compliance with federal regulations proprietary.
Clifford Law Offices, which represent some of the victim’s families, said, “The time has come to pull back the cloak of secrecy. The lack of transparency by Boeing, and the government’s complicity with such secrecy, is not being tolerated by the families who lost loved ones but also for the entire flying public.”
The firm adds, “If Boeing and the FAA are so certain that the aircraft is safe, they should have no concerns in allowing access to all documents. Public confidence in this aircraft is not ensured by this type of behavior, as the congressional hearings proved that neither Boeing nor the FAA can be trusted here.”
Featured image: Ethiopian Airlines first Boeing 737 MAX 8. (PRNewsfoto/Boeing)
