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Report: Boeing 737 MAX Software Patch Expected Soon

by Reuters

   SINGAPORE/PARIS --

   Boeing Co. plans to release upgraded software for its 737 MAX in a week
   to 10 days, sources familiar with the matter said.

   The U.S. plane manufacturer has been working on a software upgrade for
   an anti-stall system and pilot displays on its fastest-selling jetliner
   in the wake of the deadly Lion Air crash in Indonesia in October.

   Similarities between the flight path in the Lion Air incident and
   Sunday's Ethiopian Airlines crash have raised fresh questions about the
   system, but so far there is no evidence on whether the same software is
   again a potential issue.

   Asked about the timeline, first reported by AFP, a Boeing spokesman
   referred to a statement Monday that the upgrade would be deployed
   across the 737 MAX fleet in the coming weeks.