[SystemSafety] IEEE Spectrum article on the Boeing 737 MAX

Peter Bernard Ladkin ladkin at causalis.com
Tue Apr 30 12:17:04 CEST 2019


IEEE Spectrum has recently published an article by Gregory Travis on the MCAS function of the Boeing
737 MAX aircraft, which has been provisionally implicated in two recent crashes. It was commended by
both Bruce Schneier and John Naughton.

Travis identifies as a pilot and a software engineer. There are technical mistakes in it, mostly
concerning airplane aerodynamics, but Travis also suggests the programmers of the MCAS software
function also had a role to play. I doubt it.

My essay is in Risks 31.21 and a modified version at
https://abnormaldistribution.org/index.php/2019/04/30/ieee-spectrum-on-possible-software-involvement-in-two-recent-airliner-crashes/


PBL

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