Back in March, shortly after the second fatal crash in five months of a Boeing 737 Max aircraft, I wrote, “We need to know a lot more about how the F.A.A. routinely subcontracts some aspects of the certification process for new airliners to manufacturers, which it treats as authorized designees of the agency. Reportedly, it wasn’t included in the 737 Max safety manuals that Boeing provided to airlines. system, even if this involved grounding the 737 Max fleet temporarily. Even after the Ethiopian Airlines crash, it allowed the 737 Max to keep flying until various foreign governments grounded it.

Source: Ethiopian News May 16, 2019 18:33 UTC