The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has set up a task force to analyse design changes made to the Boeing 737 Max. On 15 March, the aircraft manufacturer filed an airworthiness application to the CAAC, through the US Federal Aviation Administration. (Reporting by Stella Qiu and Brenda Goh; Editing by Jamie Freed and Muralikumar Anantharaman) Since then, the Chinese regulator has launched a team to review the software updates. China was the first country to ground the aircraft after the fatal crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight on 10 March. In its latest report, published in July, the CAA said that it had found “significant changes” since last year and recommended further investigation into Boeing’s software.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has set up a task force to analyse design changes made to the Boeing 737 Max. On 15 March, the aircraft manufacturer filed an airworthiness application to the CAAC, through the US Federal Aviation Administration. Since then, the Chinese regulator has launched a team to review the software updates. China was the first country to ground the aircraft after the fatal crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight on 10 March. In its latest report, published in July, the CAA said that it had found “significant changes” since last year and recommended further investigation into Boeing’s software.