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Boeing Details 737 Max Updates
The Max flight deck will now include an angle of attack disagree indicator and alert as standard equipment.
Updates to the Boeing 737 Max flight deck include a standard angle of attack disagree indicator and alert on the primary flight display. (Image: Boeing)
Updates to the Boeing 737 Max flight deck include a standard angle of attack disagree indicator and alert on the primary flight display. (Image: Boeing)

Boeing on Wednesday specified software and flight deck display updates for the 737 Max following a briefing in Renton, Washington, with more than 200 airline pilots, technical leaders, and regulators. The updates, precipitated by two 737 Max crashes over the course of five months, center on the maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS) and related systems and equipment. The MCAS updates went through hundreds of hours of analysis, laboratory testing, verification in a simulator and two test flights, including an in-flight certification test with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) representatives on board as observers, said Boeing.