WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – New anti-crash software on 737 Boeing MAX jets has successfully completed trial runs on 96 test flights, Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg said in a speech at George W. Bush Presidential Center. "Overall, our team has made 96 flights totaling a little over 159 hours of air time with the updated software", Muilenburg said Thursday. READ MORE: ‘Mounting Uncertainty’: Boeing Fails to Sell 737 MAX Planes After Deadly CrashThe US Federal Aviation Administration and other national airline regulators grounded the 737 MAX following the deaths of all passengers and crew in two crashes – in Indonesia and Ethiopia. READ MORE: Boeing Tests New 737 MAX Software Amid Probe Into Ethiopian Airlines' CrashTwo Boeing 737 MAX aircraft have crashed over the past six months — one in Indonesia in October and another in Ethiopia in March. In the wake of the latest crash, aviation authorities and carriers around the world have either grounded all 737 MAX 8 series aircraft or closed their airspace to them.

Source: Ethiopian News April 12, 2019 02:15 UTC