In May 2019 , Robinson stressed that his office would do its own " risk-based validation " of the FAA ’s review of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft before it lifted the restriction that has grounded the jet in the wake of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash . Quoth he : " Transport Canada will be doing its own review of these design changes prior to accepting them on Canadian-registered aircraft by our own validation process ... Our review of the Max design changes , the software upgrade is already underway ... The validation will be completed once we are certain that the safety risks that were presented by these two incidents have been addressed . " Robinson said that as of 23 May , his agency still had " full confidence " in the FAA as it certifies American products for the supranational web of Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreements
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302
Nicholas Robinson (civil servant)