Boeing will provide airlines that have bought the 737 MAX with free software upgrades, the US manufacturer says, as Ethiopian Airlines told Reuters it expected a preliminary crash report this week or next. Any fixes to the MAX software, the focus of investigations in two deadly crashes that have prompted worldwide groundings of the aircraft, must still get approval from governments around the world. "Despite the tragedy, Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines will continue to be linked well into the future," Tewolde said in a statement on Monday. Ethiopian's Tewolde said that many questions on the 737 MAX "remain without answers." The crash of an Indonesian Lion Air flight last October killed 189 people and first brought the safety of the 737 MAX into focus.

Source: Ethiopian News March 25, 2019 20:15 UTC