U.S. transport chief warns against mixed messages on Boeing's 737 MAX

U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao warned regulators on Wednesday against...

FILE PHOTO: Elaine Chao, U.S. Secretary of Transportation speaks at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2019 in The Hague, Netherlands June 4, 2019. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

Boeing’s best-selling jet was grounded globally in March, days after the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight that followed a similar Lion Air disaster in Indonesia in October. The two crashes took 346 lives. Airlines have urged global regulators to coordinate with one another to avoid damaging splits over safety as they evaluate software changes undertaken by Boeing. Some countries have already vowed to run their own independent validation studies before restoring flights.

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