EU Signals Caution on Max Return With No Rubber Stamp of FAA
- Entire flight-control system of plane to be reviewed: EASA
- Boeing 737 Max grounded after two fatal crashes in five months
A grounded Lion Air Boeing Co. 737 Max 8 aircraft sits on a tarmac.
Photographer: Dimas Ardian/BloombergEuropean regulators assessing changes to Boeing Co.’s grounded 737 Max will scrutinize the jet’s entire flight-control system before a return to the skies can be approved.
The review by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency will include the plane’s displays, alerts and air-data systems, as well as the aircraft’s autopilot function, EASA Director Patrick Ky wrote in a letter dated May 27 and seen by Bloomberg. The update was sent to members of the EU Parliament’s Transport Committee in response to questions they raised last month about aviation oversight. The Max was grounded earlier this year following two fatal crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia that killed almost 350 people.