FAA: Boeing 737 MAX planes are still airworthy. Expected changes in the design

The Boeing 737 MAX, involved in a deadly crash in Ethiopia over the weekend, is still airworthy, the Federal Aviation Administration said , giving a vote of confidence to the type of jet that has been involved in two deadly crashes since October.

Aviation officials in China and Indonesia ordered domestic airlines to ground their Boeing planes after the deadly crash Sunday. The 149 passengers and eight crew members on board were killed when the plane crashed shortly after takeoff. This incident was the second deadly crash of the Boeing planes in less than five months. Another Boeing 737 MAX 8 plunged shortly after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia, in October, killing all 189 people on board.

The popular planes are a key revenue driver for Boeing, whose commercial airplane business brought in nearly 60 percent of its more than $100 billion in revenue last year.

The FAA said on Monday that it expects to make design improvements to the automated system and signaling on board the Boeing planes by April 2019. Boeing is planning to update training requirements and manuals along with those changes, said from the agency.

Source: CNBC

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