Aircraft maker under pressure to prove that automated flight control systems are safe before grounded planes can fly again
Washington/Seattle — Boeing says it plans to submit a proposed software enhancement package for the grounded 737 Max in “the coming weeks” after the company had previously said it planned to deliver the fix for government approval by last week.
More than 300 Boeing 737 MAX jets have been grounded worldwide after two crashes — in Indonesia in October and in Ethiopia last month — killed nearly 350 people. One analyst indicated it was too early to determine how much time this would add to the grounding, with approval from non-US regulators still expected to be the main factor in determining when the planes would fly again globally.
Earlier on Monday, FAA spokesman Greg Martin said that “time is needed for additional work by Boeing as the result of an ongoing review of the 737 MAX flight control system to ensure that Boeing has identified and appropriately addressed all pertinent issues”.
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