Two fatal crashes involving the Boeing 737 MAX were attributed to a software error in the control system. Images of the wreckage and the public commotion showed the devastating impact of bugs in safety-critical systems.
<br>~The chief project engineer for Boeing’s 737 Max jet told House investigators that he approved a critical design change to software on the plane, even though he was unaware of key details about how it worked or of a previous warning from a test pilot that if the system malfunctioned, the results could be “catastrophic”.
That was what happened in October 2018, and again the following March, when the software forced down the noses of two of the new planes in a way their pilots could not overcome, causing crashes that killed 346 people. [Find out more here](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/737-max-boeing-crash-news-air-bus-update-plane-indonesia-b453071.html)
Two fatal crashes involving the Boeing 737 MAX were attributed to a software error in the control system. Images of the wreckage and the public commotion showed the devastating impact of bugs in safety-critical systems. <br>~The chief project engineer for Boeing’s 737 Max jet told House investigators that he approved a critical design change to software on the plane, even though he was unaware of key details about how it worked or of a previous warning from a test pilot that if the system malfunctioned, the results could be “catastrophic”. That was what happened in October 2018, and again the following March, when the software forced down the noses of two of the new planes in a way their pilots could not overcome, causing crashes that killed 346 people. [Find out more here](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/737-max-boeing-crash-news-air-bus-update-plane-indonesia-b453071.html)