Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration are now under global regulatory scrutiny over software and training.
An aerial photo shows Boeing 737 MAX airplanes parked on the tarmac at the Boeing Factory in Renton, Washington, US.
In the United States, the chairman of the US House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Peter DeFazio urged people to use the committee’s whistleblower web page. Ethiopian and French investigators have pointed to “clear similarities” between the two crashes, which killed 346 people, putting pressure on Boeing and US regulators to come up with an adequate fix.
Garuda CEO Ari Askhara told Reuters on Friday: “Many passengers told us they were afraid to get on a MAX 8.” Indonesia’s Lion Air has also said it might cancel 737 MAX aircraft, though industry sources say it is also struggling to absorb the number of planes on order.Boeing now plans to make compulsory a light to alert pilots when sensor readings of the angle of attack do not match – meaning at least one must be wrong -, according to two officials briefed on the matter.
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