Transport, Airlines
Department of Transportation Requests Audit of Boeing 737 Max
Ryan Beene and Alan Levin, Bloomberg
- Mar 19, 2019 4:40 pm
As U.S. politicians enter damage control mode, U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao makes a prudent move to further scrutinize how the Boeing 737 Max passed the certification process.
— Andrew Sheivachman
The U.S. Department of Transportation has asked for a wide-ranging review of how the government and Boeing Co. certified the 737 Max — the jet that’s been involved in two fatal accidents since October.
Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao requested the audit in a memo to the department’s Inspector General Calvin Scovel, according to a press release Tuesday. The new audit is separate from the criminal probe that the Inspector General is also conducting in conjunction with the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division.
Read more at: https://skift.com/2019/03/19/department-of-transportation-requests-audit-of-boeing-737-max/
One of the articles said the plane went down 2 times in 5 months, not just 2 times in a year.
