By Tracy Rucinski CHICAGO, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Family member
By Tracy Rucinski
CHICAGO, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Family members of Boeing Co BA.N 737 MAX crash victims on Tuesday urged the European Union Aviation Security Company (EASA) to delay approving the plane’s return to service, saying there are unanswered questions on its security.
Final month, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration cleared the jet following design adjustments round programs concerned in two crashes that collectively killed 346 individuals in 2018 and 2019, sparking a worldwide grounding and security critiques.
EASA has mentioned it might formally elevate its personal ban subsequent month, as soon as public and business suggestions on its situations for placing the jet again into service have been studied.
In a letter to EASA Government Director Patrick Ky and in feedback filed with the company, kin and buddies of Ethiopian Airways crash victims mentioned it ought to first end its evaluation of the modified plane and full its security report on the crash.
“It might be not possible for EASA to conclude that the revised 737 MAX is secure earlier than its personal security evaluation is full,” they mentioned within the letter.
An EASA spokesman mentioned the company doesn’t touch upon any acquired suggestions at this stage of the recertification course of. It plans to publish the ultimate airworthiness directive in January, as soon as all of the suggestions has been reviewed, he mentioned.
The households additionally referred to as into query the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s resolution to elevate its flight ban following a Senate Commerce Committee report on Friday that concluded the company and Boeing officers colluded throughout 737 MAX recertification testing.
They urged EASA to clarify why Boeing’s adjustments make the plane secure and to require that it enhance the aircraft’s security margins by implementing a 3rd Angle of Assault sensor. In addition they referred to as for redesigning the flight deck and crew alert system “to fulfill trendy security requirements,” amongst different steps.
(Reporting by Tracy Rucinski; Modifying by Dan Grebler)
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