埃塞航空事故20多天后，波音的认错声明终于来了

在埃塞俄比亚航空ET302航班坠毁20余天后（戳回顾），波音方面的道歉终于姗姗来迟。

美国时间4日，波音公司总裁丹尼斯•米伦伯格在公司官网上发表声明，向最近两起波音737 MAX 8客机失事的遇难者家属和亲友道歉，并承认在两起空难事故中，飞机自动防失速的机动特性增强系统(MCAS)犯错。

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg on Thursday apologized for the crashes of Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft in Indonesia and Ethiopia while acknowledging the role of the company's flight-control system in the two accidents.

“我们波音为最近737 MAX机型空难事故表示遗憾。这样的悲剧让我们倍感沉痛，我们向狮航610和埃塞航空302事故中的遇难乘客和机组成员，深表同情。”

“We at Boeing are sorry for the lives lost in the recent 737 MAX accidents. These tragedies continue to weigh heavily on our hearts and minds, and we extend our sympathies to the loved ones of the passengers and crew on board Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. ”



同时，这也是米伦伯格首次承认错误的信息进入MCAS，导致空难发生。

Muilenburg acknowledged for the first time that bad data feeding into an anti-stall system, known as MCAS on the 737 Max jet caused the crashes.

“政府部门会在最终报告中公布两起事故的全部细节，但是随着埃塞航空302事故初步调查结果的公布，很明显两架飞机的机动特性增强系统，即MCAS被错误的迎角信息启动。”

“The full details of what happened in the two accidents will be issued by the government authorities in the final reports, but, with the release of the preliminary report of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 accident investigation, it's apparent that in both flights the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System, known as MCAS, activated in response to erroneous angle of attack information.”



“航天工业的历史表明，大部分事故都是由一连串的事件导致的。这件事故也不例外。而且我们得知，在这两起事故中，我们可以切断这一连串事件间的关联。飞行员告知我们，错误激活的MCAS功能让高负载飞行环境雪上加霜。解除这样的风险，才是我们职责所在。我们应该去解决，也知道如何去解决。”

“The history of our industry shows most accidents are caused by a chain of events. This again is the case here, and we know we can break one of those chain links in these two accidents. As pilots have told us, erroneous activation of the MCAS function can add to what is already a high workload environment. It's our responsibility to eliminate this risk. We own it and we know how to do it. ”

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在承认MCAS犯错后一天，米伦伯格还宣布，波音公司将暂时削减737MAX系列飞机产量，并计划成立专门委员会审查公司的飞机设计开发政策和流程。

路透社：波音声明：在MAX机型事故后，波音减产737


注意在路透社配图中，中下部的位置即为迎角传感器。

不过，有媒体认为，米伦伯格的这一系列声明，效果并不好。

《今日美国》：在CEO承认737 MAX有明显缺陷后，波音将面临可靠性问题
 

彭博社的专家则指出，波音在危机中陷入更糟糕的境地：减产麻烦重重的737 MAX机型，可能会影响供应商。


米伦伯格发表歉意之前，埃塞航空的事故初步调查结果已经出炉。

The apology came after a preliminary investigation report on the Ethiopian Airlines crash.

埃塞俄比亚交通部长达格玛维特•莫格斯表示，根据事故调查局的初步结果，飞行员遵循了此前波音提供的飞机操作程序，但还是无法控制飞机，建议波音公司重新检查飞机控制系统。

The preliminary report by the Ethiopian Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) showed that the pilots had followed Boeing-recommended procedures, but could not control the flight, Ethiopian Minister of Transport Dagmawit Moges said on Thursday, pointing at potential problems of the aircraft's flight control system.

波音方面则表示将会发布MCAS的软件补丁，以及一系列的737 MAX系列飞行员培训过程和相关教育项目。

Boeing said it is planning to release a software update to MCAS and an associated comprehensive pilot training and supplementary education program for the 737 MAX.



而在3月12日发表的声明中，波音还曾声称“对737 MAX的安全性抱有信心”（ have full confidence in the safety of the 737 MAX）。

在空难数日内发表的几篇声明中，波音并未提到过任何“道歉”或“承认错误”之类的内容。



3月18日，法国民航安全调查分析局发布新闻公告表示，调查小组对埃塞俄比亚航空公司失事波音客机其中一只黑匣子进行数据验证时发现，这次事故与去年10月印度尼西亚狮子航空公司的波音客机失事存在相似之处。

France's Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA), which is investigating the recent crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX plane, announced that it had found similarities between the doomed jet and Indonesia's Lion Air flight of the same model that crashed into the sea in October last year.



据新华网报道，自印尼狮航客机失事以来，两起空难部分遇难者的家属已经在美国起诉波音。

综合来源：新华网，CGTN，波音官网