The FBI joined the Boeing 737 MAX certification survey

US Congress to Hold First Boeing 737 MAX Accident Hearing Next Week in the presence of representatives of the manufacturer and the transport authorities. In addition, the FBI has joined the investigation, reported the US media.

The Republican Senator Ted Cruz convened for 27 March at the hearing of the Subcommittee on Aviation and Space, which will be attended by three transport officials, including the head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

Cruz wants to hold a second hearing to question Boein officialsg, as well as pilots and other members of the sector, according to a statement released Wednesday.

More than 300 people died in two accidents with two 737 MAX 8 aircraft shortly after takeoff, the first flight of a Lion Air aircraft in Indonesia in October and the last of Ethiopian Airlines this month.

The Department of Transportation is investigating the treatment of aircraft certification by Boeing and the FAA. especially the new flight stabilization system known as MCAS (Maneuverability Enhancement System), which was involved in the Lion Air accident in October. The FBI badists the authorities in this investigation, informed USA Today.

Pilots complained that they had not been informed of the new system, which can force the nose into the plane if it gets a wrong reading from a sensor, giving the impression that the plane may be destabilizing.

The committee will hear FAA Acting Chief Daniel Elwell next week. and Calvin Scovel, chief investigator of the Department of Transport, and Robert Sumwalt, chairman of the National Transportation Council.

The FAA announced on Wednesday that it would be reviewing the information on the Ethiopian Airlines black boxes as soon as they are available.

"Understanding the circumstances that contributed to this accident is fundamental for developing new actions and for the return to service of the aircraft"said the FAA.