The Transportation Department is creating a panel of experts to review the FAA’s approval process for Boeing’s 737 MAX jet
The U.S. Department of Transportation is creating a special committee of experts to review the Federal Aviation Administration’s safety approval process for Boeing Co.’s 737 MAX aircraft, the latest sign of stepped-up scrutiny of the grounded jets.
The department said the panel, most of whose members have yet to be announced, will be initially headed by retired Air Force General Darren McDew, former head of the U.S. Transportation Command; and Lee Moak, former president of the Air Line Pilots Association.
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