A Congressionally ordered review by FAA into whether some aviation safety inspectors (ASIs) involved in evaluating the Boeing 737 MAX flight-control system during certification were not qualified found no evidence of any deficiencies, either related to work on the MAX or other aircraft, the agency said.

New questions are being raised over the development and oversight of the Boeing 737 MAX after revelations the manufacturer knew about a misconfigured angle-of-attack (AOA) disagree annunciator alert message on the aircraft in 2017, but did not fix it or tell operators about the problem until after last October’s crash of a Lion Air 737 MAX 8—the first of two to strike the model in five months.

The Aerospace Industry Association (AIA), the largest trade association representing US aviation manufacturers, is urging the US Senate to confirm three nominees to the Export-Import Bank’s board of directors, following a May 3 vote by the upper chamber to close debate on the nominees.

All 18 Democratic lawmakers from the US House Homeland Security Committee have called on TSA to continue allowing collective bargaining for its frontline workforce, following comments from TSA administrator David Pekoske that he has “not made a decision yet” on whether to allow the practice to extend beyond the current agreement’s expiration in December 2019.

The Russian Transport Ministry said May 6 it sees no reason to ground the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) fleet following the May 5 crash of an Aeroflot Superjet 100-95 upon landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport May 5, 27 min. after takeoff for a scheduled flight to Murmansk.