{"id":862549,"date":"2026-09-27T15:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T15:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/862549\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T15:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T15:12:15","slug":"boeing-identifies-737-max-software-glitch-affecting-landing-navigation-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/862549\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing identifies 737 MAX software glitch affecting landing navigation feature"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a> reported on Saturday, citing company documents.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe 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,\u201d Boeing said in an emailed statement to Reuters.<\/p>\n

The Federal Aviation Administration said it was aware of a potential issue in a software update for the flight computers on certain Boeing 737 MAX airplanes and was working closely with Boeing and the airlines.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FAA will convene a Corrective Action Review Board and will take immediate action if it identifies a safety concern,\u201d the FAA said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\"Image:Two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019 led to a worldwide grounding of Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft.Mike Blake \/ Reuters<\/p>\n

Boeing has been under intense regulatory and safety scrutiny<\/a> in recent years following two fatal 737 MAX crashes<\/a> in 2018<\/a> and 2019<\/a> that led to a worldwide grounding<\/a> of the aircraft, and after a mid-air cabin panel blowout<\/a> on a nearly new Alaska Airlines MAX 9<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Southwest Airlines and United Airlines have asked Boeing not to deliver new 737 MAX aircraft equipped with the affected software and instead requested an earlier version, according to WSJ.<\/p>\n

It was not immediately clear how many aircraft are operating with the flawed software, the report said. Boeing, airlines and regulators are assessing the issue and whether it poses a flight-safety concern, it added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boeing has identified a previously undisclosed 737 MAX software glitch that could cause an automated navigation feature to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":862550,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-862549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}