Indonesia report on 737 MAX crash faults Boeing design, says Lion Air made mistakes

Indonesian investigators speak during a news conference on the release of the final report into the 2018 crash of a Boeing 737 MAX jet operated by Lion Air, that killed 189 people, in Jakarta, Indonesia October 25, 2019. - Reuters

JAKARTA: Boeing, acting without adequate oversight from U.S. regulators, failed to grasp risks in the design of cockpit software on its 737 MAX airliner, sowing the seeds for a Lion Air crash that also involved errors by airline workers and crew, Indonesian investigators found.

The fatal crash, followed within five months by another at Ethiopian Airlines, led to a global grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX and a crisis for the world's biggest planemaker, which this week ousted its commercial airplanes chief.