The Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System, or MCAS, is a flight control software function developed by Boeing to help stabilize aircraft pitch under specific flight conditions. It works by ...

Similarities between the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes have focused attention on an anti-stalling system used in the new Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft. The Maneuvering Characteristics ...

It is disappointing to see Holman Jenkins, Jr. continue to claim that pilot error caused two fatal Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashes (“Boeing’s ‘Culture’ Needs Profits ...

After the Lion Air 610 disaster last year, we learned the Boeing 737 Max 8 was equipped with a new system designed to automatically prevent stalls under certain conditions. Pilots had never been ...

One of the major questions raised concerning Boeing's 737 Max 8 is whether the MCAS (Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System) hardware installed on the plane to help prevent aircraft stalls ...

U.S. District Chief Judge Reed O’Connor will consider whether to allow prosecutors to dismiss the felony conspiracy charge against Boeing related to the crashes that killed 346 people in Indonesia and ...