Image Credit: AFPWashington: Boeing and US aviation regulators are coming under intense scrutiny over the certification of the 737 Max aircraft after news that two recent crashes share similarities. The Transportation Department's inspector general also is probing the approval of the 737 Max by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), The Wall Street Journal also reported. The Ethiopian Airlines crash on March 10 came less than five months after a 737 Max 8 operated by Lion Air crashed in Indonesia, killing 189. "The 737 MAX was certified in accordance with the identical FAA requirements and processes that have governed certification of all previous new airplanes and derivatives," Boeing said. "The FAA considered the final configuration and operating parameters of MCAS during Max certification and concluded that it met all certification and regulatory requirements."

Source: Ethiopian News March 19, 2019 03:33 UTC