Incident #3·AI Safety & Failures
Crashes with Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS)
Explainability
Description
A Boeing 737 crashed into the sea, killing 189 people, after faulty sensor data caused an automated manuevering system to repeatedly push the plane's nose downward.
Actors
Alleged Deployers
- boeing
Alleged Developers
- boeing
Harmed Parties
- airplane-passengers
- airplane-crew
Classification
Risk Domain
AI Safety & FailuresRisk Subdomain
7.3. Lack of capability or robustness
MIT Risk Profile
AIUnintentionalPost-deployment
Topics
Explainability
Source
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