WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) flight standardization board had determined that the new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft did not require new flight training, FAA Acting Administrator Daniel Elwell said in a congressional testimony on Wednesday. Their unanimous opinion was flight training was not needed," Elwell said in his testimony before the US Senate Subcommittee on Aviation and Space. © REUTERS / Joshua Roberts Faulty Anti-Stall System Could Crash Boeing 737 MAX in Just 40 Seconds – ReportEarlier the US government has issued an emergency order to ground all Boeing 737 Max 8 and 737 Max 9 series aircraft following the deadly crash of an Ethiopian Airliner. On 10 March, a Boeing 737 Max 8, operated by Ethiopian Airlines, crashed minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killing all 157 people from more than 30 countries on board. In late October 2018, another Boeing 737 MAX 8, operated by Indonesia's Lion Air, plunged into the Java Sea shortly after take-off, claiming the lives of 189 people.

Source: Ethiopian News March 27, 2019 20:25 UTC