Boeing MAX crashes ‘horrific’ result of lapses by company, regulator

Congressional investigators blamed two deadly Boeing 737 MAX crashes on “repeated and serious failures” by the company and air safety officials, according to a report released Wednesday that called for an overhaul of the US aviation regulatory system.

“The MAX crashes were not the result of a singular failure, technical mistake or mismanaged event,” said the report, which blasted both Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration.

“They were the horrific culmination of a series of faulty technical assumptions by Boeing’s engineers, a lack of transparency on the part of Boeing’s management, and grossly insufficient oversight by the FAA.”