The subpoena, reported by the Wall Street Journal, adds to a growing list of scrutiny from regulators around the world.
employee has reportedly been subpoenaed by US regulators in relation to the company's development of the 737 Max, the plane that's crashed twice in six months.
Both planes were MAX 8s and crashed minutes after take-off with pilots reporting flight control problems. There were more than 300 MAX airplanes in operation at the time of the Ethiopian crash, and nearly 5,000 more on order.Seattle Times said the company's safety analysis Ethiopia is leading the probe, though the black boxes were sent to France and U.S. experts are also participating.
The MAX is Boeing's best-selling model ever, with a backlog of orders worth well over $500 billion at a list price of $121 million each. Dozens of aviation authorities had grounded the MAX series before acting U.S. FAA boss Daniel Elwell said the United States would do the same.
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