Representatives from nine civil aviation authorities from around the world will join the technical review panel established by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to review the certification of the Boeing 737 MAX’s automated flight control system.
The FAA said Friday that the Joint Authorities Technical Review (JATR) team — announced in the aftermath of the second fatal crash of a 737 MAX in five months — would “evaluate aspects of the 737 MAX automated flight control system, including its design and pilots’ interaction with the system, to determine its compliance with all applicable regulations and to identify future enhancements that might be needed.”
The first of the two accidents involved Lion Air Flight 610, which crashed into the Java Sea after takeoff from Jakarta, Indonesia, on Oct. 29, 2018, killing all 189 passengers and crew; the second accident involved Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, which crashed after takeoff from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Mar…
