FAA should ramp up staffing to supervise airplane certification after 737 MAX -panel

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FAA should ramp up staffing to supervise airplane certification after 737 MAX -panel

By David Shepardson


By David Shepardson

WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (Reuters)The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration had inadequate personnel to supervise the certification of latest Boeing airplanes and may make important reforms in the way it approves new airplanes, a global aviation panel mentioned Friday.

The panel additionally faulted assumptions made by the airplane producer in designing the 737 MAX.

Reuters reported on a draft copy of the Joint Authorities Technical Evaluation (JATR) findings and suggestions earlier on Friday that known as for sweeping adjustments in how the FAA evaluates and certifies new airplanes. [nL2N26W05N]

The report additionally mentioned the FAA didn’t carefully consider a key security system generally known as MCAS concerned in two deadly crashes of the MAX in 5 months that killed 346 folks and prompted the airplane’s grounding in March.

FAA Administrator Steve Dickson mentioned Friday the company would reply to all suggestions within the “unvarnished”…



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