Teams from the three U.S. airlines that own 737 Max jets headed to Boeing Co.’s factory in Renton, Wash., to review a software upgrade on Saturday, as U.S. regulators prepared to receive and review the fixes in coming weeks. This month, a second deadly crash involving an Ethiopian Airlines Max in Addis Ababa triggered the fleet’s worldwide grounding. Boeing has come under global scrutiny along with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the agency that must approve the software fix and new training. Southwest has 34 of the jets, United Airlines has 14 and American Airlines has 24. The Allied Pilots Association (APA), which represents American Airlines pilots, said it has been in talks with Boeing, the FAA and airlines to get the airplanes flying again as soon as possible with an acceptable level of safety.

Source: Ethiopian News March 24, 2019 01:41 UTC