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             Nominee to lead FAA will face challenge on Boeing oversight



            By DAVID KOENIG and TOM  in five months.
            KRISHER                      The FAA had stood by the
            Associated Press             safety of the plane up un-
            President  Donald  Trump  til last Wednesday, despite
            has tapped a former Delta  other  countries  grounding
            Air Lines executive to lead  it.  Transportation  Secretary
            the  Federal  Aviation  Ad-  Elaine  Chao  formally  re-
            ministration as the regulator  quested the audit in a let-
            deals with questions about  ter sent to Inspector Gener-
            its approval of a Boeing air-  al Calvin Scovel III on Tues-
            liner involved in two deadly  day. Chao, whose agency
            crashes within five months.  oversees the FAA, said the
            The White House said Tues-   audit  will  improve  the  de-
            day  that  Trump  will  nomi-  partment’s  decision-mak-
            nate  Stephen  Dickson  to  ing.  Her  letter  confirmed
            head the FAA. The agency  that she had previously re-
            has been led by an acting  quested an audit. It did not
            administrator  since  Janu-  mention  that  the  inspec-
            ary 2018.                    tor  general  and  federal
            Separately, the Transporta-  prosecutors  have  already
            tion Department confirmed  started  looking  into  the
            that  its  watchdog  agency  development  and  regula-
            will  examine  how  the  FAA  tory approval of the jet, as
            certified  the  Boeing  737  reported  by  news  outlets,
            Max  8  aircraft,  the  now-  including  The  Associated
            grounded  plane  involved  Press.                         In this Monday, March 11, 2019 file photo, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane being built for TUI Group
            in two fatal accidents with-         Continued on Page 3  sits parked in the background at right at Boeing Co.’s Renton Assembly Plant in Renton, Wash.
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