Boeing announces fixes for its 737 Max aircraft
Boeing has issued changes to controversial control systems linked to two fatal crashes of its 737 Max planes in the last five months.
Boeing said in future airlines would no longer be charged extra for that safety system to be installed.The plane-maker has also issued an upgrade to the software that has been linked to the crashes. The US Federal Aviation Administration says there are similarities between that crash and the Ethiopian accident on 10 March.
The practice was described by one senator, Richard Blumenthal, as leaving"the fox guarding the henhouse". Calvin Scovel, inspector general of the Department of Transportation, who also appeared before Congress, said:"Other safety regulators around the world decided in their role as safety regulators, they needed to drive risk to zero and they did that by grounding the aircraft."
Mr Elwell said that he was"confident" in the MCAS system and that pilots were trained in how to deal with a situation where a plane drops suddenly.
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