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Panel finds FAA followed

procedures in approving Boeing Max

By TOM KRISHER and DA- cation process failed. nal documents in which
VID KOENIG "I want to be very clear: Boeing employees raised
AP Business Writers 346 people died because safety alarms about the
A government advisory the system failed," DeFazio Max while it was being
committee has conclud- said. He said it would be developed and admitted
ed that federal regulators irresponsible to make no misleading regulators. Lee
followed established pro- changes "and just hope for Moak, a former airline pilot
cedures when they certi- the best the next time." and union president who
fied the Boeing 737 Max Michael Stumo, whose co-chaired the Chao-ap-
and did not delegate too daughter Samya was on pointed committee, said
much safety analysis for the Max that crashed in the panel did not consider In this Dec. 11, 2019, file photo workers walk near a Southwest
the plane to Boeing. Ethiopia, said the new re- those messages. Airlines Boeing 737 Max airplane parked at Renton Municipal
In a report Thursday, the port endorsed self-regula- "It was not the purview of, Airport in Renton, Wash. Associated Press
panel said the FAA cor- tion by Boeing. or charter of, the commit-
rectly treated the Max as "This report is written as if by tee to look at or investi- cluding more analysis of
an update to older 737s pre-crash industry lobbyists gate email traffic," Moak how pilots react in emer-
and not as a new type of defending the current cer- told reporters. The commit- gency situations. q
plane, which would have tification system," he said. tee wrote in its report that
subjected it to more exam- The top Republican on the its mission was "to collect
ination. Transportation Committee and analyze information,
The committee was ap- praised the report, howev- not find fault." The panel
pointed by Transportation er. It confirms that the U.S. concluded that the FAA's
Secretary Elaine Chao in remains "the global gold system of delegating some
April, after crashes in Indo- standard for aviation safe- safety work to aircraft man-
nesia and Ethiopia killed ty," and the current certi- ufacturers is "rigorous" and
346 people. It gave high fication system does not overseen by engineers and
marks overall to FAA's pro- need to be rebuilt because others who are committed
cess for certifying planes, of the Max crashes, said to safety.
calling it safe and effec- Sam Graves of Missouri. Asked about possible mis-
tive and a boost to the U.S. Boeing and the FAA said in takes in FAA's certification
aerospace industry. brief statements that they of the Max, Moak said that
The committee's findings would review the commit- was for other groups to in-
differ sharply from those of tee's findings. vestigate. The panel made
legislators who are inves- Investigations into Boe- some recommendations
tigating Boeing and the ing have revealed inter- for changes, however, in-
FAA. Key lawmakers have
said they may try to stop
the FAA from letting Boe-
ing do some inspections
and safety analysis on its
own planes.
House Transportation
Committee Chairman Pe-
ter DeFazio, D-Ore., said
his panel's investigation
has already found multiple
times at which the certifi-