Washington, May 11: A long-standing Boeing 737 emergency procedure that the pilots of two MAX jets employed while attempting to avert fatal crashes is under review by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), according to the head of a major pilots union. He said FAA officials told airline safety officials and pilots unions in April of the review. The checklist is intended to give pilots an emergency method to override automated systems and regain control of the plane. Asked to comment on the review, an FAA spokesman on Friday did not say when the procedure was last revised. Since the second 737 MAX crash on March 10 in Ethiopia, Boeing has defended the runaway stabiliSer trim procedure as sufficient.

Source: Ethiopian News May 11, 2019 04:07 UTC