Boeing says it has finished its updates to the flight-control software implicated in two deadly crashes involving its 737 MAX.
The changes will link an anti-stall feature in the flight-control system to two sensors instead of one and will push the nose down less often and less powerfully."We're making clear and steady progress and are confident that the 737 Max with updated MCAS software will be one of the safest airplanes ever to fly," chairman and chief executive Dennis Muilenburg said in a statement.
"They are rushing," said Nadia Milleron, whose daughter, Samya Stumo, was on the Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed in March.
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