{"id":192416,"date":"2026-09-30T15:00:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/?p=192416"},"modified":"2026-10-01T11:43:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T11:43:54","slug":"us-transportation-secretary-rules-out-safety-risks-from-boeing-737-max-software-glitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/09\/us-transportation-secretary-rules-out-safety-risks-from-boeing-737-max-software-glitch.html","title":{"rendered":"US Transportation Secretary Rules Out Safety Risks From Boeing 737 MAX Software Glitch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has ruled out operational safety concerns regarding the recent software anomaly identified across the <strong>Boeing 737 MAX<\/strong> fleet. The authority confirmed there is no need to ground the aircraft while regulators assess the technical scope of the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Department of Transportation Stance: No Need to Ground the Fleet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to reporters in Washington on Wednesday, Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Sean Duffy stated that he currently sees no safety concerns stemming from the software glitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf there was something like, \u2018Hey, we have a safety problem,\u2019 we\u2019d have a different response,\u201d Duffy said. \u201cWe\u2019ve learned that when you don\u2019t respond quickly to things, bad things can happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Duffy likened the pending software patch to a routine smartphone update, stressing that to date the issue \u201chas not been characterized to us as a safety issue\u201d and that halting operations for the aircraft family is not under consideration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/09\/akasa-air-in-talks-with-boeing-for-over-200-737-max-jets.html\">Akasa Air in Talks With Boeing for Over 200 737 MAX Jets<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Understanding the Boeing 737 MAX Software Anomaly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The situation follows an advisory issued last Saturday by airframer Boeing, which reported that a software version installed on certain 737 MAX aircraft could prevent flight crews from accessing the automated flight guidance system during a specific landing profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Operational Impact During a Go-Around<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>According to details previously provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The affected software version can increase pilot workload during a go-around maneuver.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This operational procedure occurs when the flight crew discontinues an approach, applies engine thrust, and climbs away to initiate another approach maneuver.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">737 MAX 10 Certification Paused and Corrective Measures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to the finding, the FAA determined on Monday that it will temporarily pause the certification process for the long-delayed Boeing 737 MAX 10 until the software logic defect is completely resolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For its part, Boeing noted that it has formally notified operators and is actively developing a software update to permanently address the malfunction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To evaluate next steps, the FAA plans to convene a Corrective Action Review Board (CARB) to formally investigate the matter\u2014a review that officials do not expect to take place before next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related-topics\">Related Topics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid  uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-9e302684     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-2 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height\" data-total=\"217\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/09\/flyone-armenia-firms-up-order-for-two-airbus-a321neos.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FLYONE-Armenia-Airbus-A321.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FLYONE-Armenia-Airbus-A321.webp 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FLYONE-Armenia-Airbus-A321-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FLYONE-Armenia-Airbus-A321-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/FLYONE-Armenia-Airbus-A321-380x190.webp 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/09\/flyone-armenia-firms-up-order-for-two-airbus-a321neos.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">FLYONE Armenia Firms Up Order for Two Airbus A321neos<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/09\/flyone-armenia-firms-up-order-for-two-airbus-a321neos.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/09\/airbus-a350f-successfully-completes-maiden-flight-kicking-off-certification-campaign.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Airbus-A350F-Primer-vuelo.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Airbus-A350F-Primer-vuelo.webp 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Airbus-A350F-Primer-vuelo-300x150.webp 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Airbus-A350F-Primer-vuelo-768x384.webp 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Airbus-A350F-Primer-vuelo-380x190.webp 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/09\/airbus-a350f-successfully-completes-maiden-flight-kicking-off-certification-campaign.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Airbus A350F Successfully Completes Maiden Flight, Kicking Off Certification Campaign<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/09\/airbus-a350f-successfully-completes-maiden-flight-kicking-off-certification-campaign.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/09\/airbus-expects-drop-in-september-deliveries-following-quality-issue-on-a321neo.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Airbus-Factory-Mobile.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Airbus-Factory-Mobile.jpg 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Airbus-Factory-Mobile-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Airbus-Factory-Mobile-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Airbus-Factory-Mobile-380x190.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/09\/airbus-expects-drop-in-september-deliveries-following-quality-issue-on-a321neo.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Airbus Expects Drop in September Deliveries Following Quality Issue on A321neo<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/09\/airbus-expects-drop-in-september-deliveries-following-quality-issue-on-a321neo.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__image'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/09\/airbus-detects-quality-issue-on-a321neo.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\" class='uagb-image-ratio-inherit'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Airbus-factory.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Airbus-factory.jpg 800w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Airbus-factory-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Airbus-factory-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Airbus-factory-380x190.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/09\/airbus-detects-quality-issue-on-a321neo.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Airbus Detects Quality Issue on A321neo<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2026\/09\/airbus-detects-quality-issue-on-a321neo.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">Read More<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has ruled out operational safety concerns regarding the recent software anomaly identified across&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":4316,"featured_media":186321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[190],"tags":[222,220,221],"class_list":{"0":"post-192416","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-industry","8":"tag-aircraft","9":"tag-boeing-2","10":"tag-usa"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sean-Duffy.webp",800,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sean-Duffy-150x150.webp",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sean-Duffy-300x150.webp",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sean-Duffy-768x384.webp",768,384,true],"large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sean-Duffy.webp",800,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sean-Duffy.webp",800,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sean-Duffy.webp",800,400,false],"pk-small":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sean-Duffy-80x80.webp",80,80,true],"pk-thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sean-Duffy-300x225.webp",300,225,true],"csco-small":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sean-Duffy-80x80.webp",80,80,true],"csco-intermediate":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sean-Duffy-200x140.webp",200,140,true],"csco-thumbnail":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sean-Duffy-380x220.webp",380,220,true],"csco-thumbnail-alternative":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sean-Duffy-300x180.webp",300,180,true],"csco-thumbnail-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sean-Duffy-380x190.webp",380,190,true],"csco-medium":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sean-Duffy.webp",800,400,false],"csco-medium-alternative":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sean-Duffy-560x336.webp",560,336,true],"csco-medium-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sean-Duffy.webp",800,400,false],"csco-large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sean-Duffy.webp",800,400,false],"csco-large-uncropped":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sean-Duffy.webp",800,400,false],"csco-extra-large":["https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Sean-Duffy.webp",800,400,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Redacci\u00f3n - Aviaci\u00f3n al D\u00eda","author_link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/author\/aad"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has ruled out operational safety concerns regarding the recent software anomaly identified across&hellip;","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":192417,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192416\/revisions\/192417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}