The FBI has joined the criminal investigation into the certification of the Boeing Co’s 737 MAX, the Seattle Times reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
This comes after Reuters reported that federal prosecutors and the U.S. Department of Transportation are scrutinizing the development of the 737 MAX jetliners in the wake of two deadly crashes in five months.
The Department of Justice has issued a number of subpoenas as part of the investigation into the Federal Aviation Administration’s certification and marketing of the company’s 737 Max planes, CNN is reporting.
Investigators have requested that the company turn over information about safety and certification procedures, including training manuals for pilots.
They also want to examine how Boeing marketed the aircraft, sources told CNN.
A worker walks next to a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane parked at Boeing Field in Seattle on Thursday
Investigators with the U.S. National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) look over debris at the crash site of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 on March 12, 2019 in Bishoftu, Ethiopia. The federal government is scrutinizing Boeing's rollout of the 737 Max 8 - the model which crashed
More than 300 MAX passenger jets have been taken out of service globally following a fatal plane crash in Ethiopia nine days ago.
An FBI spokeswoman would neither confirm nor deny an investigation.
A Boeing spokesman did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Boeing’s shares fell as much as 4 percent on the report before recovering to be marginally lower in after-hours trading.
Boeing's ill-fated 737 MAX and federal regulators next week will face the first public grilling by Congress over the two fatal plane crashes in recent months.
Senator Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican, called for a hearing of the Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation and Space, for March 27, with three transportation officials, notably the acting head of the FAA.
Cruz intends to hold a second hearing to question Boeing officials as well as pilots and others in the industry, according to the statement.
In recent weeks, Boeing's price per share has dipped after the second crash of its 737 Max 8 aircraft in that last five months
More than 300 people perished in the two crashes of 737 MAX 8s that occurred shortly after takeoff in Indonesia in October and in Ethiopia earlier this month.
Boeing and the FAA are under investigation for how the rollout of the jet was handled, especially the a new flight system, the MCAS stall-prevention system, which was implicated in the Lion Air crash in October.
Pilots have complained they were not informed about the new system, which can force the nose of the plane down if it gets an erroneous reading from a sensor making it appear the plane is at risk of stalling.
The committee will hear next week from FAA acting chief Daniel Elwell, as well as the Transportation Department's chief investigator, Calvin Scovel, and National Transportation Board Chairman Robert Sumwalt.
The FAA said Wednesday it will review the information from the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder from the Ethiopian Airlines accident as it becomes available.
‘Understanding the circumstances that contributed to this accident is critical in developing further actions and returning aircraft to service,’ the FAA said.
Pentagon to probe if Shanahan used office to help Boeing
Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has been accused by a watchdog of promoting the interests of his former employer, Boeing Co.
The Pentagon's inspector general has formally opened an investigation into a watchdog group's allegations that acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has used his office to promote his former employer, Boeing Co.
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed an ethics complaint with the Pentagon's inspector general a week ago, alleging that Shanahan has appeared to make statements promoting Boeing and disparaging competitors, such as Lockheed Martin.
Shanahan, who was traveling with President Donald Trump to Ohio on Wednesday, spent more than 30 years at Boeing, leading programs for commercial planes and missile defense systems.
He has been serving as acting Pentagon chief since the beginning of the year, after James Mattis stepped down.
The probe comes as Boeing struggles to deal with a public firestorm over two deadly crashes of the Boeing 737 Max 8 jetliner within the last five months.
And it focuses attention on whether Trump will nominate Shanahan as his formal pick for defense chief, rather than letting him languish as an acting leader of a major federal agency.
Dwrena Allen, spokeswoman for the inspector general, said Shanahan has been informed of the investigation.
And, in a statement, Pentagon spokesman Tom Crosson said Shanahan welcomes the review.
'Acting Secretary Shanahan has at all times remained committed to upholding his ethics agreement filed with the DoD,' said Crosson.
'This agreement ensures any matters pertaining to Boeing are handled by appropriate officials within the Pentagon to eliminate any perceived or actual conflict of interest issue(s) with Boeing.'
Shanahan spent more than 30 years at Boeing, leading programs for commercial planes and missile defense systems
During a Senate hearing last week, Shanahan was asked by U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., about the 737 Max issue.
Shanahan said he had not spoken to anyone in the administration about it and had not been briefed on it.
Asked whether he favored an investigation into the matter, Shanahan said it was for regulators to investigate.
On Wednesday, Blumenthal said that scrutiny of Shanahan's Boeing ties is necessary.
'In fact, it's overdue. Boeing is a behemoth 800-pound gorilla - raising possible questions of undue influence at DOD, FAA and elsewhere,' said Blumenthal.
Shanahan signed an ethics agreement in June 2017, when he was being nominated for the job of deputy defense secretary, a job he held during Mattis' tenure.
It outlined the steps he would take to avoid 'any actual or apparent conflict of interest,' and said he would not participate in any matter involving Boeing.
The CREW ethics complaint, based to a large part on published reports, including one by Politico in January, said Shanahan has made comments praising Boeing in meetings about government contracts, raising concerns about 'whether Shanahan, intentionally or not, is putting his finger on the scale when it comes to Pentagon priorities.'
One example raised by the complaint is the Pentagon's decision to request funding for Boeing 15EX fighter jets in the 2020 proposed budget.
Shanahan is being accused of 'putting his finger on the scale' to benefit Boeing, which is in line to receive government funding for the development of its proposed Boeing 15EX fighter jet (seen in a rendering above)
The Pentagon is requesting about $1billion to buy eight of the aircraft.
Shanahan, 56, joined Boeing in 1986, rose through its ranks and is credited with rescuing a troubled Dreamliner 787 program.
He also led the company's missile defense and military helicopter programs.
Trump has seemed attracted to Shanahan partially for his work on one of the president's pet projects - creating a Space Force.
He also has publicly lauded Shanahan's former employer, Boeing, builder of many of the military's most prominent aircraft, including the Apache and Chinook helicopters, the C-17 cargo plane and the B-52 bomber, as well as the iconic presidential aircraft, Air Force One.
This is only the third time in history that the Pentagon has been led by an acting chief, and Shanahan has served in that capacity for longer than any of the others.
Presidents typically take pains to ensure the Pentagon is being run by a Senate-confirmed official, given the grave responsibilities that include sending young Americans into battle, ensuring the military is ready for extreme emergencies like nuclear war and managing overseas alliances that are central to U.S. security.
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