FAA deferred to Boeing on key 737 MAX assessments: source

The US Federal Aviation Administration did not independently evaluate the safety of a Boeing 737 MAX system implicated in two deadly crashes, a person familiar with the matter said Tuesday.The US regulator, as part of an internal review, has preliminarily concluded that FAA officials largely deferred to Boeing's assessments of the accident-ridden 737 MAX during the certification process, the person said.Boeing's top-selling 737 MAX narrow-body planes have been grounded globally since mid-March f