737 Max 8

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Clean Coder

The software within the two doomed 737 Max 8 aircraft physically wrested control away from the pilots and plunged those aircraft into the Earth at speeds approaching Mach 1, killing everyone aboard.

As a pilot, and a software engineer, I have dug pretty deeply into this issue. I’ve read many of the reports, and have read or listened to the opinions and commentary offered by others. Nothing I have read or heard contradicts the statement above. I believe that statement to be an essential fact. The software executing within those planes killed everyone aboard.

No Ill Intent

Before I go any farther I need to make something clear. No one had ill intent. I’ve read silly statements like: “Boeing put profits above safety.” Such statements are absurd and naive. Everyone at Boeing was well aware that the continued existence of their company, let alone their profits, depended upon their

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