After Boeing crashes, jet design rules set to get tougher for all

Mourners during a funeral mass for the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines crash at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in March. The crash of Flight ET 302 minutes into its flight to Nairobi on March 10 killed 157 people. [AFP]

Planemakers worldwide face tougher scrutiny and changes in the way aircraft are certified in the aftermath of two fatal crashes of Boeing 737 MAX jets, leading regulators have told Reuters.

Yesterday marked one year since the deadly crash of a Lion Air jet, which Indonesian investigators linked in part to violent seesaw movements triggered by flawed anti-stall software.