From taking the lead in grounding the Boeing 737 MAX to buying 300 planes from rival Airbus, China is displaying its power to the American aerospace giant. WSJ’s Trefor Moss explains how Beijing could use Boeing’s safety crisis as leverage in future purchases—and in trade talks with the U.S. Illustration: Crystal TaiBoeing Co. Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg, in his first public remarks since the fatal crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX last month, said software changes will make the jet “even safer by preventing erroneous angle of attack sensor readings” implicated in that fatal crash and another last year. Mr. Muilenburg, speaking at a leadership forum in Texas, said the aerospace giant has conducted nearly 100 test flights of fixed 737 MAX software since the plane’s grounding last month.

Source: Ethiopian News April 11, 2019 20:06 UTC