Cyient denies developing flight test software for Boeing

Indian software engineers are being held response for faults in coding software of flight-test equipment for Boeing's 737 Max aircraft. Two Indian IT firms HCL tech and Cyient have partnerships with Boeing.

US-based publications claimed that HCL Technologies and Cyient were involved in developing flight-display software and flight-test equipment for Boeing. The inaccuracy of these software code are cited as one of reasons for the issues faced by the failure of the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) deployed in 737 Max aircraft. Failure of Boeing's MCAS is linked to two fatal crashes of 737 Max in October 2018 and March 2019.

However, Boeing has denied that neither HCL Tech nor Cyient were involved in development of MCAS. Similarly, in a statement to the exchanges, Cyient has refuted claims that the company was involved in development of Boeing 737 MAX's software systems.

Meanwhile, on Monday, the stock of Cyient Limited was quoting Rs. 535.85 per share, down by Rs. 6.85 or 1.26 per cent, while HCL Technologies was trading at Rs. 1,055.30 per share, down by 9.20 or 0.86 per cent at 11:15 hours on BSE.