Boeing Co said an alert for angle-of-attack (AOA) sensors on its 737 MAX jets wa...
SINGAPORE - Boeing Co said an alert for angle-of-attack sensors on its 737 MAX jets was “not activated as intended” for some customers, responding to reports it failed to tell Southwest Airlines Co and the U.S regulator that the optional feature was deactivated before a crash in Indonesia in October.
Boeing offered customers two optional paid features relating to AOA. The first was an AOA DISAGREE alert when the two sensors disagreed and the second was an indicator giving pilots a gauge of the actual angle. Boeing said on Monday that the disagree alert had been intended to be a standalone feature on the 737 MAX, but it was “not operable on all airplanes because the feature was not activated as intended”.
Canada’s WestJet Airlines Ltd and Dubai’s flydubai said they had installed the alert and Air Canada said it planned to install the indicator. Boeing said the disagree alert was not considered a safety feature and was not necessary for the safe operation of the plane.
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