Boeing provided a fresh batch of incriminating documents on the 737 MAX to regulators and congressional investigators, only hours after announcing a leadership shakeup, officials confirmed Tuesday. The document dump came just before Christmas, when many officials already are on holiday, and “appear to point to a very disturbing picture” about Boeing’s response to safety issues regarding the 737 MAX, a congressional aide told AFP in an email Tuesday. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed it received what appear to be the same documents Monday afternoon, a few hours after Boeing ousted Dennis Muilenburg as chief executive amid his much-criticized handling of MAX crisis. The first 737 MAX crash of a Lion Air flight in Indonesia happened five months earlier. The aide with the House Transportation Committee declined to release the latest papers on Tuesday and said committee staff were still reviewing the documents.

Source: Punch December 24, 2019 21:11 UTC