The angle of attack sensor was highlighted in 216 Federal Aviation Administration reports in the last 15 years for failing or needing to be repaired.
The angle of attack sensor, which measures a plane's angle in the sky, was flagged in 216 incident reports to the FAA. These reports outlined cases where the sensor failed or had to be replaced or fixed, and in some cases the planes had to make emergency landings.
Boeing also may have been aware of the"potential for the sensors to cause problems in its planes" after the FAA sent instructions about some of its planes that had the sensor before the 737 Max was released, according to CNN. Wreckage from Lion Air flight JT 610 lies at the Tanjung Priok port on October 29, 2018 in Jakarta, Indonesia.While it has defend its design, Boeing is currently working on an update for the 737 Max that will make the MCAS software less intrusive, and will take a reading from more than one sensor. The planes will not be allowed to return to the skies until this update is approved by the FAA and other regulators around the world.
But a Boeing spokesperson defended the decision to use a single sensor to CNN:"Single sources of data are considered acceptable in such cases by our industry."The aftermath of the deadly 737 Max crashes has already cost Boeing $1 billion — and it can't predict how much worse it might get
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