Boeing said Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval for new safety updates to its software on its 737 Max jets could come as early as next week. The previously optional indicator light, a safety feature, was not installed on the Max 8 Lion Air plane or the Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed last week. A U.S. airline source said that feature would cost roughly $80,000 extra on a plane with a list price of about $120 million. The DOJ is requiring the company to retain documents, records and data related to the Boeing Max 8's approval process, reports CBS News correspondent Kris Van Cleave. He said whether or not the Lion Air pilots had access to the safety feature, they should have been trained to handle the issue.

Source: Ethiopian News March 22, 2019 11:15 UTC