Boeing UMongameli kanye neSikhulu Esiphezulu uDennis Muilenburg uzokwethula ubufakazi kusasa, Okthoba 29, ngaphambi komhlangano I-US Senate IKomidi Lezohwebo, Isayensi Nezokuthutha mayelana nokuphepha kwezindiza kanye nendiza engu-737 MAX. Uzojoyinwa yiPhini likaMongameli weBoeing Commercial Airplanes kanye noNjiniyela Omkhulu uJohn Hamilton. U-Muilenburg no-Hamilton bazophinde bavele ngoLwesithathu, 30 Okthoba, phambi kweKomidi LeNdlu YaseMelika Lezokuthutha Nengqalasizinda ukudingida ngokwakhiwa nokuthuthukiswa kwe-737 MAX.
Emazwini alungiselelwe akhululwe namuhla, uMuilenburg okokuqala nokubalulekile uzwakalise ukuzwelana okukhulu nemindeni kanye nabathandekayo balabo abaduke ezingozini zeLion Air Flight 610 kanye ne-Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302.
“Njengoba namhlanje sigubha isikhumbuzo seminyaka yokulahleka kwe-Lion Air Flight 610, sinenkumbulo yalezi zingozi, kanye nezimpilo ezilahlekile, nathi nsuku zonke. Azisoze zalibaleka, futhi lezo zinkumbulo zisiqhuba nsuku zonke ukwenza izindiza zethu kanye nemboni yethu kuphephe,” kusho uMuilenburg.
I-Boeing yenze ukuthuthuka okuqinile kusofthiwe yokulawula indiza ye-737 MAX. "Silethe okuhle kakhulu kweBoeing kulo mzamo," kusho uMuilenburg. “Sinikele zonke izinsiza ezidingekayo ukuze siqinisekise ukuthi ukuthuthukiswa kwe-737 MAX kuphelele futhi kuhlolwe ngokuphelele. Uma i-737 MAX ibuyela emsebenzini, izoba ngenye yezindiza eziphephe kunazo zonke ezake zandiza.
Umsebenzi wesofthiwe yokulawula indiza ye-Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) ubuyekeziwe ukuze unikeze izendlalelo ezengeziwe zokuvikela, okuhlanganisa:
• I-MCAS manje iqhathanisa ulwazi olusuka kuzo zombili izinzwa zokuhlasela ngaphambi kokuthi isebenze futhi izophendula kuphela uma idatha evela kuzo zombili izinzwa ivuma;
• I-MCAS izovula kanye kuphela; futhi
• I-MCAS ayisoze yanikeza okokufaka okuningi kunalokho umshayeli wendiza angamelana nakho esebenzisa ikholomu yokulawula yedwa.
Lezi zinguquko zizovimbela izimo zokulawula indiza ezenzeke ezindizeni ze-Lion Air 610 kanye ne-Ethiopian Airlines 302 ukuthi zingaphinde zenzeke. I-Boeing inikele amahora angaphezu kuka-100,000 obunjiniyela nawokuhlola ekuthuthukisweni kwalokhu kuthuthukiswa, yandizisa izindiza zokuhlola ezingaphezu kuka-814 ngesofthiwe ethuthukisiwe futhi yaqhuba izikhathi eziningi zokulingisa nabahlanganyeli abangu-545 abavela kumakhasimende angama-99 kanye nabalawuli bomhlaba abangama-41.
“Sifundile futhi sisafunda kulezi zingozi. Siyazi ukuthi senze amaphutha saphinde saphutha,” kuqhuba uMuilenburg.
Ebufakazini bakhe, uMuilenburg uveze izinyathelo ezibalulekile iBoeing ezithathayo ukuze ithuthuke njengenkampani, okuhlanganisa:
• Ukusungula iKomidi Lezokuphepha Emkhathini elingunaphakade leBhodi Labaqondisi benkampani;
• Ukudala inhlangano entsha Yokuphepha Komkhiqizo Nezinsizakalo ezobuyekeza zonke izici zokuphepha komkhiqizo futhi inikeze imibiko ehlelekile kanye nokuphakama kokukhathazeka kokuphepha;
• Ukuqinisa inhlangano yobunjiniyela yenkampani, nabo bonke onjiniyela ababika ngonjiniyela omkhulu wakwa-Boeing;
• Ukutshala imali ocwaningweni oluthuthukile nasekuthuthukisweni kwezobuchwepheshe obusha bezokuphepha; futhi
• Ukuhlola izindlela zokuqinisa ukuphepha hhayi emikhiqizweni namasevisi e-Boeing kuphela, kodwa imboni yezindiza iyonke.
