The Federal Aviation Administration has told Boeing it will order the company by next month to institute safety-related software enhancements to its 737 Max 8 planes, Boeing said late Monday. Sensors on the plane operated by Indonesia's Lion Air gave out faulty readings on its last four flights. The FAA tried to discourage comparisons between the Lion Air crash and Sunday's deadly crash. "External reports are drawing similarities between (the Ethiopian) accident and the Lion Air Flight 610 accident," the FAA said. Southwest Airlines operates the largest U.S. fleet of Max planes, with 34 Max 8s.

Source: Ethiopian News March 12, 2019 07:35 UTC