Lawmakers scrutinise timeline for Boeing 737 Max software fix

Congressional investigators examining the FASA's safety certification of Boeing's 737 MAX aircraft also are questioning why it has taken months to complete a safety fix initially described to pilots and airlines in November. With a Senate Commerce subcommittee slated to kick off Capitol Hill hearings Wednesday about Boeing's grounded jet model, lawmakers plan to examine the timeline that regulators and the plane maker have relied on to develop and test software changes for a suspect stall-prevention system. Among the issues lawmakers are expected to raise are whether federal employee furloughs during the partial govt shutdown in December and January delayed completion of the fix, and whether differences of opinion between the FAA and Boeing stretched out the schedule. <br/>