A new report into the Federal Aviation Administration's decision to certify the Boeing 737 MAX may help proponents seeking reforms to the long-standing practice of delegating some aircraft certification tasks to manufacturers.
FILE PHOTO: A Boeing 737 MAX airplane lands after a test flight at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, U.S. June 29, 2020. REUTERS/Karen Ducey
On Wednesday, the Transportation Department’s inspector general released a 52-page report that said Boeing withheld key information about a crucial safety system known as MCAS, that is tied to two fatal crashes and raises questions about whether Boeing employees performing work for the FAA faced undue pressure.
It aims to eliminate the ability of aircraft makers like Boeing to unduly influence the certification process, marking the most significant step toward reforms following the 2018 and 2019 crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia that killed a total of 346 people.
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