Andreas Gerstinger ist System-Safety-Experte mit Erfahrung in verschiedenen sicherheitskritischen Bereichen, vor allem in der Flugsicherungs- und Bahnindustrie. Er ist bei Frequentis and also lecturer at the UAS Campus Vienna and the UAS Technikum Vienna .
In this episode, we talked about the Boeing 737 MAX crashes in October 2018 and March 2019 that killed more than 300 people in total. A system that was supposed to stabilize the flight attitude was identified as the cause. We discussed in detail the circumstances that led to the incorrect design of this system and ultimately to a system safety failure.
Here are the documents and sources of additional information addressed in the podcast:
The papers mentioned in the episode can be found here:
- Accident report Lion Air: Aircraft Accident Investigation Report - PK-LQP
- Preliminary accident report Ethiopian Airlines: Aircraft Accident Investigation Preliminary Report - ET-AVJ
- Comittee Report on the Boein 737 MAX: Final Committee Report on the Design, Development, and Certification of the Boeing 737 MAX
- Seattle Times article on Boeing 737 MAX: Flawed analysis, failed oversight: How Boeing, FAA certified the suspect 737 MAX flight control system
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Lion Air's Boeing 737 MAX, which crashed in October 2018 - Photo credit: PK-REN CC BY-SA 2.0