⁍ Two Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed all 346 passengers and crew were the ‘horrific culmination’ of failures by the planemaker and the FAA, a U.S. House panel concluded.

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⁍ The 737 MAX was grounded in March 2019 after the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 near Addis Ababa.

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⁍ In October 2018, a Lion Air 737 MAX had crashed in Indonesia killing all 189 on board.

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– The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee’s Democratic majority released a report Wednesday detailing its 18-month investigation into the two Boeing 737 MAX crashes that killed 346 passengers and crew, Reuters reports. The crashes “were not the result of a singular failure, technical mistake, or mismanaged event,” the report states. “They were the horrific culmination of a series of faulty technical assumptions by Boeing’s engineers, a lack of transparency on the part of Boeing’s management, and grossly insufficient oversight by the FAA.” The 737 MAX was grounded in March 2019 after the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 near Addis Ababa, which killed all 157 aboard. In October 2018, a Lion Air 737 MAX crashed in Indonesia, killing all 189 aboard. The FAA is requiring new safeguards to the MCAS system, including requiring it receive data from two sensors before it allows the 737 MAX to return to service. The report criticized Boeing for withholding “crucial information from the FAA, its customers, and 737 MAX pilots” including “concealing the very existence of MCASfrom 737 MAX pilots.”