Boeing flags 737 MAX software glitch affecting landing navigation feature: Report
A Boeing 737 MAX software glitch could knock out automated flight guidance during landing after a missed approach, adding fresh scrutiny to the jetmaker.WASHINGTON: Boeing has identified a previously undisclosed 737 MAX software glitch that could cause an automated navigation feature to fail during landing, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday (Sep 26), citing company documents.
The issue emerged from a cockpit software update and can occur when flight crews alter their planned flight path after a missed approach, the report said.
When reached for comment, Boeing said it informed all 737 operators last month about the software issue under which pilots may not have access to automated flight guidance during a specific landing scenario.
"We shared information with operators that reinforced existing pilot procedures for safely handling such cases. Our engineers are working on a software update to permanently address the issue," Boeing said in an emailed statement to Reuters. CNA
Boeing's action or non action is highly irresponsible and could lead to loss of lives. This is unacceptable. All the 737 Max must be grounded and the glitch rectified before allowing to fly again. Passenger safety cannot be compromised and the aircraft must be 100% safe before flying. The glitch is waiting to happen any moment and crash the aircraft and killing its passengers.
Time for China to call another grounding of all 737 Max aircraft for the world, or at least in China.
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The IINDIA SHOCK: exporting Indian workers to the world
India has its own version of the “China shock”. Instead of exporting high volumes of competitive manufacturing goods across the globe, the world’s most populous nation sends millions of workers abroad. India churns out roughly 5 million graduates each year and around 1million people enter its workforce every month. But India’s economy cannot produce enough suitable jobs to employ its expanding labour supply. Youth underemployment is rife, despite the country’s sceptical rapid growth rate.
The country is the world’s largest source of international migrants, with an estimated 18.5 million living abroad in 2024. The Anglosphere and United Arab Emirates are common destinations. Indeed, over the past decade, Indian nationals have accounted for the vast majority of approved H-1B petitions, a US visa for global professionals in selected fields. In the UK, about 1 million Indian nationals arrived between 2021 and 2025. Meanwhile, last year Indians overtook the English for the first time to become Australia’s largest overseas-born group.
Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the country has positioned its large labour force — which includes the world’s second-biggest pool of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (Stem) graduates — as an answer to skills shortages and ageing demographics abroad. S Jaishankar, India’s foreign minister, recently said the country had signed labour-mobility pacts with 26 countries, with more in the pipeline. Such arrangements have been a central pillar of India’s bilateral trade negotiations. An overseas mobility bill also aims to help Indians access the “global workplace”.
Crucially, overseas markets provide a release valve. The export of workers enables the Indian government to ease socio-economic strains at home, where frustration abounds over the lack of good job opportunities. Many Indians end up settling abroad. And India is experiencing a worldwide backlash against its human exports.
Scepticism about immigration continues to animate politics in the rich world. And the recent surge in arrivals from the subcontinent, who join historical waves of emigration, puts a growing spotlight on people of Indian origin abroad. And Indian nationals’ family members and less-skilled individuals have emigrated too, in some cases by abusing the rules. This all provides fuel for anti-immigrant narratives.
Indeed, anti-Indian sentiment is on the rise. Just this month, the Republican nominee for a seat on Texas’s oil and gas regulator sparked allegations of racism for a social media post aimed at South Asian students. Last year, Indian-origin migrants were explicitly targeted in “March for Australia” rallies. Anti-South Asian slurs in online spaces in the US have also surged. The backlash could hinder the Modi government’s strategy. India cannot rely on remittances and its diaspora alone. The worker-export model reflects a deeper challenge facing New Delhi, which must strive to create enough productive work to better harness the country’s demographic dividend. India lacks jobs and it cannot export its way out of domestic problems.
If it is Boeing, I am not flying. How's that?
Boeing and Airbus have a long queue for its jets, stretching to as long as ten years. Yet, the Chinese jet, the C919 has been denied certification despite its good record. Global airlines can just keep waiting for planes to be delivered, while older aircrafts are being kept in service. The world has been truly brainwashed into believing that only good stuffs come from the USA and the West. Let them suffer the consequences of worshipping the West.
China's high-speed trains have almost reached close to air travel speed, with its maglev trains clocking 700 kilometers per hour. That is just slightly slower than the highest speed of commercial jets cruising at around 575 mph.
The slowest cruise speed of commercial jets is only 460 mph which is just on par with maglev train speed in China. And of course, not to forget that the cost of a maglev train ticket is so much cheaper than a plane ticket. Think about it.
Thought Boeing was working on the software problem since the two crashes in 2019. Seven years looking into the issue and Boeing is still working on it? Why was the undisclosed problem just being highlighted after all those years? I think they would not have highlighted it if nothing happens, putting passengers under undue risk of another crash. Oh, they just discovered it, right? I am not convinced.
Not it is 'They lie, they cheat and they kill'. What is next?
Boeing should be euthanised before it kills more people.
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