I-New Boeing 737 MAX Corporate Whitewash: Iziphathimandla zeBoeing ezicasha nge-One Fall Guy?

• Imindeni elahlekelwe ngabathandekayo engozini yendiza iBoeing 737 MAX ngonyaka ka-201,9 eyabulala bonke abangu-157 ababekuyo yayinamazwi ahlabayo ngeBoeing.
• Ummeli uthe uhulumeni wase-US akazange aye kude ngokwanele ecaleni lokumangalelwa kukaMark Forkner ngoLwesine (Okthoba 14, 2021). 
• Lowo owayengumshayeli omkhulu wendiza entsha uthweswe icala izolo nguMnyango Wezobulungiswa wase-US ngamacala ayisithupha ngezenzo zakhe, kufaka phakathi ukuqamba amanga ngenkathi kwenziwa isitifiketi sendiza entsha. 

eTurboNews umeme uKevin P. Durkin weClifford Law Firm eChicago, IL, eU.SA, ukuba azokhuluma ngesikhathi se-podcast namuhla. Umele izisulu ezingaphezu kuka-70 ezashona ku-Ethiopian Airlines engozini yaseBoeing 737 MAX.

“UForkner ungumfana nje owile. Yena noBoeing banesibopho sokufa kwabo bonke abantu abashone ezingozini ze-MAX, ”kusho uNadia Milleron, umama kaSatya Rose Stumo, owabulawa engozini yesibili eyabulala ngoMashi ka-2019. ukuzuza kwezezimali ngokuphepha, futhi uMark Forkner wayesebenza ngaphakathi kwalolo hlelo. Abashushisi bangathola futhi kufanele bathole abanye abantu abambalwa ababenomthwalo wokudala izingozi. Yonke imindeni eyashonelwa othile engozini ye-MAX izizwa ngendlela efanayo: abaphathi kanye nebhodi labaqondisi beBoeing badinga ukuya ejele. ”

Ukuphahlazeka kweTopiya Flight 302 kwenzeke ngemuva kokusuka ngoMashi 2019, kwashona bonke abangu-157 ababekuyo. Ezinyangeni ezinhlanu ngaphambili, ngo-Okthoba 2018, indiza yokuqala iBoeing 727 MAX yaphahlazeka oLwandle iJava ngemuva kokusuka e-Indonesia, kwashona bonke abangu-189 ababegibele.  

“Isivumelwano Sokushushiswa Esihlehlisiwe sasiyi-DOJ Boeing 'Ungashushisi Isivumelwano.' Akekho umuntu okholelwa ngempela ukuthi uForkner uyena kuphela umlingisi omubi kule ngcindezi eyinkimbinkimbi yenzuzo nohlelo lokuqola i-FAA, ”kusho uMichael Stumo, ongubaba kaSonya Rose Stumo. "Kukhombisa ukuthi isikhulu esiphezulu seBoeing uDavid Calhoun kanye nalabo ababengamalungu ebhodi bazophonsa noma ngubani ngaphansi kwebhasi ukuvikela iC-Suite."

I-DOJ yaletha icala lobugebengu elibhekene noBoeing ngokubulala abantu abangu-346 kulezi zingozi ezimbili kodwa yalulungisa lolu daba ekuqaleni konyaka kulokho okubizwa ngokuthi yiSivumelwano Sokushushiswa Esidlulisiwe. UProfesa Wezomthetho waseColumbia uJohn Coffee ngaleso sikhathi wasibiza ngokuthi “esinye sezivumelwano zokushushisa ezihlehliswe kabi kunazo zonke engizibonile.” UBoeing bekungadingeki ukuthi avume noma yiziphi lezi zinsolo, futhi akekho noyedwa umphathi weBoeing obekwe icala. Ifemu yabameli bakaBoeing abahamba phambili kwezomthetho yokuvikela ubugebengu yiKirkland & Ellis. U-Erin Nealy Cox, umshushisi oholayo ecaleni laseBoeing, washiya uMnyango Wezobulungiswa ekuqaleni konyaka futhi kungekudala ngemuva kwalokho wajoyina iKirkland & Ellis njengomlingani ehhovisi lalo laseDallas.

UPaul Njoroge waseToronto, eCanada, owalahlekelwa ngumndeni wakhe wonke engozini ye-ET302, uthe: “Izenzo zikaMark Forkner noBoeing maqondana nesitifiketi se-737 MAX, ukukhiqizwa nokukhululwa emakethe, kuholele ekufeni kwabantu abangama-346: phakathi kwabo umkami, umama wakhe, nezingane zethu ezintathu. Ngokwamasiko nemikhuba yezinkampani, uMark Forkner akazange enze yedwa. Othishanhloko be-Boeing kumele ngabe babesemuva wejubane lokukhiqiza i-737 MAX, bayifaka emakethe, baqoqe imali engenayo kanye nemali etholakalayo, bajabulise iWall Street, futhi ngokwenza kanjalo, baqhube isitoko seBoeing. Ngenkathi i-Lion Air Flight JT610 ishayisa ngo-Okthoba 29, 2018, othishanhloko bakaMark Forkner kanye noBoeing babulala abantu abayi-189 ebangeni lesithathu. Kepha ngemuva kokwehluleka ukufaka phansi i-737 MAX ngemuva kwaleyo ngozi, esusa ngamabomu ukugxila komphakathi kule nkampani ngokusola abashayeli bezindiza ababizwa ngokuthi 'ngabangaphandle' ngaleyo ngozi, impela babulala abantu abayi-157 ebangeni lesibili, lapho i-Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 ishayisa ngoMashi 10, 2019. 

“Ijaji elikhulu likahulumeni kufanele lilandele inqubo yokuthola iqiniso, libeke abanye icala, ikakhulukazi abaphathi abasezingeni eliphezulu eBoeing, bese libathola benecala ngokufa komkami, izingane zethu ezintathu, umamezala wami, nabanye abangu-341. Sibe nezithangami zokuhlangana nokuhlangana kwamalungu esigele, lapho owayeyisikhulu esiphezulu seBoeing, uDennis Muilenberg kanye no-Chief Engineer uJohn Hamilton benqaba ukuphendula imibuzo eyisisekelo. Ngiyethemba ukuthi ukumangalelwa kukaMark Forkner kuzoveza izinga lobudedengu, ukufihlwa kolwazi, kanye ne-hubris ngaphakathi kweBoeing okuholele kulezi zingozi ezimbili. Umphakathi ufanele ukwazi. Abusoze bukhona ubulungiswa kimi ngokufa komndeni wami, kodwa kuzoba khona ubulungiswa emphakathini uma uMark Forkner nabanye abaseBoeing bebhekana nokugwetshwa kanzima ejele, ”kusho uNjoroge.

"Icala lokushaywa kwezindiza lowayengumphathi omkhulu kaBoeing ngokukhohlisa iziphathimandla zikahulumeni mayelana ne-737 MAX ngumcibisholo," kusho uRobert A. Clifford, umsunguli nomlingani omkhulu wamaClifford Law Offices eChicago kanye neLead Counsel enkantolo ehlanganisiwe emelene neBoeing Ukushona kwe-737 MAX e-Ethiopia ngo-2019. "Ukufa okubuhlungu kwabantu abangu-157 bekungavinjelwa ukube uMark Forkner ukhulumile kodwa nakanjani akenzanga yedwa."

U-Forkner, obehola i-737 MAX Flight Technical Team ngesikhathi iqhubekela phambili emsebenzini, kubikwa ukuthi ubekwe amacala amabili okukhwabanisa athinta izingxenye zezindiza kwezentengiselwano kanye namane okukhwabanisa ngezintambo. Kulindeleke avele ngoLwesihlanu enkantolo kahulumeni eFort Worth, eTexas. Icala elibucayi kakhulu ligwetshwa iminyaka engamashumi amabili ejele.

"Lolu hlobo lokuhaha lwenkampani olungenazaba ludlulela ngalé komshayeli oyinhloko wenkampani owenza ngokungafanele lezi zindiza ngenhloso yokwandisa inzuzo," kusho uClifford. “NjengoMeluleki Oholayo ecaleni elibhekene neBoeing futhi ngikhulumela imindeni eminingi engasoze yafana, ngincenga i-DOJ ukuthi iqhubekele phambili ophenyweni lwayo lobugebengu kanye namacala ukuze ibone ukuthi le nkohliso yahamba kangakanani nokuthi ubani owayekhona phansi kwakho konke. Ngicabanga ukuthi bazothola izikhulu eziningi zezinkampani ezibambe iqhaza ekugodleni imininingwane ebalulekile kwi-ejensi yokuqinisekisa. Uphenyo olunzulu ngobugebengu ludingeka kule mindeni eyazinikela kakhulu nasemphakathini oqhubeka nokuthenga amathikithi endizeni ye-MAX. ”

“Noma ngabe unikezwe isigwebo esiphezulu ejele, lokho akulutho uma kuqhathaniswa naleyo mindeni engeke iphinde ibabone abathandekayo bayo. Abasekho; uhambile ngoba uForkner ubeyingxenye yohlelo lokufihla iqiniso kulabo abanamandla okwenza lezi zindiza ziphephe, ”kusho uClifford. “Bekusabela kanjani ukuqala kukaBoeing ngalezi zingozi yize azi ukuthi basike izingcezu? Abaphathi beBoeing bakhethe ukusola abashayeli bezindiza abangenacala abangatshelwanga lutho ngohlelo olusha lwe-software olushintshe ngokuphelele indlela izindiza eziziphathe ngayo, futhi namabhukwana okuqeqesha abashayeli bezindiza awazange akhulume nangohlelo olusha lwe-software. ”

UClifford ubhekise kwiManeuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) okusolwa ukuthi uForkner akazange abelane ngayo nezikhulu ze-FAA ngaphambi kokuba zivume ukuthi indiza iphephe ukundiza.  

"Umphakathi ondizayo namanje awunaso isiqiniseko sokuthi iBoeing isizishintshile yini izindlela zayo futhi isebenza ngokusobala ngokuphelele ukuvumela le ndiza nendiza ezayo ukuthi indize," kusho uClifford.