The investigation is tied to an incident on an Alaska Airlines flight in early January. Boeing also told a Senate panel that it cannot find a record of the work done on the Alaska plane.

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    10 months ago

    I’m making four flights soon with the Boeing 737 Max 8. I’m sure the software is probably all updated and debugged properly.

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      Boeing assures you everything is properly debugged. Only known issues is that the engines could explode if the anti-icing is accidentally turned on, but the pilots have got a foolproof plan to avoid killing everyone with the flip of a switch:

      Post-it note in cockpit saying "ENGINE Anti-Ice 5 mins"

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        10 months ago

        Big deal, they did the same thing on Apollo 13, and that flight didn’t experience any issues!

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      10 months ago

      The likelihood that there will be anything wrong with your flights is minuscule. A hundred thousand planes fly around the Earth every single day and they almost never have any issues.

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        Of course. These are all routine <2 hr flights as well, without exposure to any particular weather extremes. They stay airborne well enough, under normal conditions. It’s when there’s a quirky mishap things can quickly escalate beyond control, and take a “dive” for the worse as it were…