Boeing Mocked Lion Air Calls for More 737 Max Training Before Crash
- House panel confirms Indonesia carrier asked about simulators
- Unclear if added training would have averted 737 Max crashes
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Indonesia’s Lion Air considered putting its pilots through simulator training before flying the Boeing Co. 737 Max but abandoned the idea after the planemaker convinced them in 2017 it was unnecessary, according to people familiar with the matter and internal company communications.
The next year, 189 people died when a Lion Air 737 Max plunged into the Java Sea, a disaster blamed in part on inadequate training and the crew’s unfamiliarity with a new flight-control feature on the Max that malfunctioned.