Boeing: 737 MAX software fix will be 'completed in the coming weeks'

A Boeing 737 MAX operated by Air Canada.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

The Federal Aviation Administration announced on Monday that Boeing is still working on a software fix for its 737 MAX jets.

After two 737 MAX planes crashed within five months of each other — one operated by Lion Air, the other by Ethiopian Airlines — all MAX jets were grounded around the world. Investigators have been taking a close look at the 737 MAX stabilization system, which may have been involved in both accidents.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.