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But later Thursday, Boeing confirmed to The Washington Post that it had found a second software problem that the Federal Aviation Administration has ordered fixed —
One of the officials familiar with the investigation said that everyone wants a thorough review now, as the worst outcome would be to have another problem emerge later. “You don’t want to be in a situation where there was one contributing factor to an accident, and then three weeks later you find another” problem that could impact a flight.
In a statement, Boeing called the additional problem “relatively minor” but did not offer details of how it affects the plane’s flight-control system. “We are taking steps to thoroughly address this relatively minor issue and already have the solution in work to do that,” it said. Washington Post.
Avherald quote:
" On Apr 5th 2019 Boeing reported a second "relatively minor" software problem unrelated to MCAS was identified and is being fixed. This fix delays the submission of the MCAS fix to the FAA, that was intended to take place until end of March and is now going to happen in the coming weeks.
The software problem affects flaps and other related flight control hardware. Boeing informed the FAA about the issue, the FAA rated the problem critical to flight safety and have ordered to fix that problem. "
err flaps and other flight control hardware - minor?