Howard Mckenzie on 737 Max accidents
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“The presumption is that if you're talking specifically about the Max there was specific technical requirements that uh were an error and to resolve those errors we embarked on the design practice discipline structure. The analysis that supported the uh the decisions that were made at the time were an error.”
On , Howard Mckenzie, Chief Engineer and Executive Vice President, Engineering, Test & Technology at Boeing, spoke about 737 Max accidents during Roger Marshall Asks Boeing's Chief Engineer Point Blank About Safety Standards: 'What Went Wrong?' on Forbes Breaking News.
About Howard Mckenzie
Howard McKenzie, Boeing's chief engineer and executive vice president of Engineering, Test & Technology, testified before the Senate Homeland Security Committee in June 2024. During the hearing, McKenzie stated that the two Boeing 737 MAX crashes were caused by a design error, specifically citing an error with the MCAS system. He said that Boeing has since implemented structural changes to the engineering function, including aligning it into one organization and creating a system of design practices to codify technical lessons. Regarding the January 2024 Alaska Airlines door plug incident, McKenzie stated that the issue was a manufacturing error and that the engineering design of the door was not implicated. He described Boeing's quality action plan as focused on preventing such manufacturing misses from recurring.