Monday's Latam Airlines incident might have been caused by a flight attendant accidentally hitting a switch in the cockpit, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Boeing's Safety Culture Falls Short, FAA Says
26.02.2024 - 23:23 / skift.com / Meghna Maharishi
Boeing’s efforts to improve its safety culture have been insufficient, a Federal Aviation Administration expert panel reported Monday.
The group found that there has been a “disconnect” between Boeing’s senior management and employees involved in the company’s safety culture, along with other concerns.
Congress mandated the report into Boeing’s safety culture following two fatal crashes involving 737 Max 8. The findings were highly critical of the company’s safety practices, saying the plane maker had “a lack of awareness of safety-related metrics at all levels of the organization.”
The panel was composed of government officials and experts in the aviation industry, issuing 53 recommendations for the U.S. plane maker. Here are five key findings from the report:
The development comes as Boeing is still reeling from the fallout of the grounding of the 737 Max 9. The FAA grounded the plane for nearly one month after a door plug blew off an Alaska Airlines jet mid-flight.
The Alaska incident occurred as the panel was finalizing its report. It does not address the specifics of the January 5 event, but said: “These quality issues amplified the expert panel’s concerns that the safety-related messages or behaviors are not being implemented across the entire Boeing population.”
Boeing recently said it is was replacing the head of the 737 Max program after the incident.
“We transparently supported the panel’s review and appreciate their work,” Boeing said in a statement ot Skift. “We’ve taken important steps to foster a safety culture that empowers and encourages all employees to share their voice. But there is more work to do.”
“We will carefully review the panel’s assessment and learn from their findings, as we continue our comprehensive efforts to improve our safety and quality programs.”
For its part, the FAA said it will immediately begin “a thorough review of the report and determine next steps regarding the recommendations as appropriate.”
“We will continue to hold Boeing to the highest standard of safety and will work to ensure the company comprehensively addresses these recommendations,” the FAA added.
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