'The FAA has a credibility problem.' Lawmakers grill FAA chief over safety questions involving Boeing 737 Max 8.
Lawmakers on Wednesday grilled the head of the Federal Aviation Administration over how his agency handled the safety certification of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 involved in two crashes that left 346 people dead.
"In the U.S., the 737 MAX will return to service only when the FAA’s analysis of the facts and technical data indicate that it is safe to do so," Elwell said in his opening remarks. . "How can we have a single point of failure in a modern aircraft?" Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., asked in his opening statement.
The certification of this aircraft has been the subject of intense scrutiny and speculation, and the Wall Street Journal report recently reported that “senior agency officials didn’t participate in or monitor crucial safety assessments of a flight-control system” for the 737 MAX 8 jet.
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