US FAA, global aviation regulators to meet May 23 on Boeing 737 MAX

The US FAA said Thursday it is inviting top civil aviation officials from around the world to a May 23 meeting to discuss the now-grounded Boeing 737 MAX. The FAA said the meeting "is intended to provide participants the FAA’s safety analysis that will inform its decision to return the 737 MAX fleet to service in the US when it is made." The FAA, which did not disclose where the meeting will take place, said that at the May 23 meeting it will "provide safety experts to answer any questions participants have related to their respective decisions to return the fleet to service." It will not include Boeing at the meeting. The meeting is separate from a joint governmental review of the Boeing 737 MAX led by the FAA that will begin April 29 and will include 9 other aviation regulators from around the world. <br/>