24-03-2019 16:55 via theverge.com

Regulators have ‘tentatively approved’ a software fix for Boeing’s 737 Max airplane

The Wall Street Journal reports that the Federal Aviation Administration has “tentatively approved sweeping software and pilot-training changes” for Boeing’s 737 MAX jet, a fix that could allow pilots to exert more control over an automated system that is thought to have been the cause of a deadly crash in Ethiopia last week, and could allow carriers to being flying the grounded aircraft once again.The WSJ says that the software updates will scale back the Maneuvering Characte
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