A Boeing 737 MAX 7 aircraft lands during an evaluation flight at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, September 30, 2020.Lindsey Wasson | ReutersA government watchdog said the Federal Aviation Administration needs to improve its oversight of new aircraft in a report released Wednesday, a review prompted by two deadly crashes of Boeing’s 737 Max.The Transportation Department’s inspector general said “weaknesses” in the FAA’s certification processes hurt the effectiveness of its oversight of the planes. Crashes of two, nearly new Max airplanes less than five months apart, in 2018 and 2019, prompted a worldwide grounding of the jets and reviews of development and certification flaws.The FAA …
