Look at the comments in the NYT article. Scroll down to<p>—-Mike—-
I’m a pilot. Can someone tell me what Dutch legislators know about air crash investigations? Because this crash was investigated by professionals and a probable cause found. What you at the NYT cited in your “investigation” is perfectly normal. Essentially you found one guy who felt that his findings didn’t carry as much weight has he thought they should have, and his former professor and mentor who agreed.<p>This is going beyond the point of obsession at this point, guys, it really is. There are always disagreements within investigations, and sometimes investigators or entire groups of investigators within an investigation will disagree so vehemently with the findings that they file a dissent. That didn’t happen here. Which tells me a lot.<p>Furthermore, I’m quite familiar with this accident, and the crew was rightfully blamed. They disregarded a SACROSANCT policy among airline crews by not initiating a go-around when they hadn’t achieved a stabilized approach by 1,000 feet. And they knew the radar altimeter was malfunctioning. What’s even worse is that this was a training flight! So they were teaching the new first officer to ignore standard safety practices! What does that tell you?!<p>I am so tired of the Times’ quite deliberate, and very diligent, efforts to misinform the public. I really am! This accident was investigated and blame apportioned appropriately. Ditch legislators have no business sticking their noses in here. Let. It. Be!
Well...<p>First thing you should do after discovering a bug in software is think about where else the methodology that created the big in the first place may have also been used. This seems a completely valid case to reexamine.<p>The NTSB going on the defensive would not be something I would have expected. Even a cursory retreating of well traveled paths can generally be enlightening as people come and go from an agency.
Note that the title only says "Boeing" but the first line of the article says<p>> <i>Boeing and American safety officials refused to cooperate</i> [...]