Robert Sumwalt, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), from right, Daniel Elwell, acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and Earl Lawrence, executive director of aircraft certification with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), listen during a House Aviation Subcommittee hearing on the status of Boeing Co.'s 737 Max in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, May 15, 2019. U.S. aviation regulators were directly involved in approving the flight-control system implicated in two fatal crashes on Boeing's 737 Max, a top administration official told Congress today, pushing back on complaints that the company had too much of a role overseeing itself. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
Robert Sumwalt, chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), from right, Daniel Elwell, acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and Earl Lawrence, executive Show more