US Transportation Department Probes FAA Approval of 737 MAX: WSJ

US Transportation Department Probes FAA Approval of 737 MAX: WSJ
An American Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8, on a flight from Miami to New York City, lands at LaGuardia Airport in the Queens borough of New York, on March 11, 2019. Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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The U.S. Department of Transportation is investigating the Federal Aviation Administration’s approval of Boeing Co’s 737 MAX jetliners, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, March 17, citing people familiar with the probe.

The Transportation Department’s inquiry was launched in the wake of October’s Lion Air accident that killed 189 people and is being conducted by its inspector general, which has warned two FAA offices to safeguard computer files, the Journal said.