US aviation officials stand virtually alone in their support for Boeing's 737 Max airplane
by Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times
Mar 13, 2019
4 minutes
The Federal Aviation Administration doubled down on its support for the safety of Boeing Co.'s 737 Max aircraft Tuesday, even as much of the world moved to ground the planes.
On Tuesday, European and Indian aviation regulators joined a slew of others worldwide in suspending flights of 737 Max jetliners after Sunday's deadly crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane, which had eerie similarities to a fatal accident involving the same model plane in Indonesia less than six months before.
Acting FAA Administrator Daniel Elwell said the agency's review so far of "all available data and aggregate safety performance from operators and
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