The Boeing MAX jet's return to service has been further delayed by an expanded FAA review including emergency procedures used on older 737s
Boeing employees work on the tail of a Boeing 737 NG at the Boeing plant in Renton, Wash. A review of Boeing Co.’s 737 MAX jets has expanded to include emergency procedures used by pilots on earlier 737 models Photo: matt mills mcknight/Reuters By Andy Pasztor May 24, 2019 4:01 p.m. ET FORT WORTH, Texas—
That includes the generation of the jetliner that preceded the MAX, known as the 737 NG—some 6,300 of which are used by more than 150 airlines globally and which form the backbone of short- and medium-range fleets for many carriers. The global MAX fleet of around 400 planes was grounded in March, in the wake of two fatal nose-dives triggered by the misfiring of an automated flight-control system called MCAS. The two crashes killed a total 346 people.
The FAA is conducting its hazard analyses in conjunction with regulators from Canada, Brazil and the EU, according to one of the officials. He also said U.S. regulators are reassessing whether Boeing’s proposed software fix for the MAX—combined with potentially revised emergency procedures and checklists—would give pilots somewhat more time to react to erroneous nose-down commands, or roughly around 20 seconds.
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