On May 24th 2011 a Dassault Falcon 7X experienced a pitch anomaly resulting in a sudden and rapid pitch up in Malaysian airspace. This was recovered by some quick and good thinking on the part of the flying pilot.
2 days later, the manufacturer asked EASA to ground the entire fleet. One day later, the FAA followed.
A key Dassault employee acknowledged that ‘our design was not perfect’. Pretty honorable thing to do for a (rightfully) proud French engineer.
Shouldn’t Boeing do the honorable thing, too?
(see article below)