Boeing 737 MAX software bug ‘not a safety concern’ – Regulators

A software bug that delayed the US certification of Boeing’s 737 MAX 10 aircraft does not pose a safety concern, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Friday after an investigation.
The glitch was found in a cockpit software update to the plane model and can cause an automated navigation feature to fail when planes shift their approach to landing.
“Following a thorough review, a panel of FAA safety experts on Friday determined a software issue in certain Boeing 737 MAX flight computers is not a safety concern,” the US regulatory agency said in a statement.
The FAA’s review board reached this conclusion about the software bug’s safety “because pilots retain full control of t...