Federal regulators head to Capitol Hill Wednesday following weeks of revelations about problems with the fatally flawed Boeing 737 Max, and as the world awaits a software fix and revised training program from the aircraft's manufacturer. The 737 Max 8 and 9 were grounded worldwide after a second crash in Ethiopia two months ago that investigators have described as appearing similar to an October crash into the Java Sea. Between the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes, 346 people were killed. Since then, news reports have revealed how the FAA certification process allowed Boeing officials with authority delegated from the FAA to certify their company's own work. A person familiar with the matter admitted to CNN last week that the company had not deployed the fix, even after the Lion Air crash.

Source: Ethiopian News May 15, 2019 09:56 UTC