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By David Shepardson

WASHINGTON, Dec 12 - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it will review Boeing's proposed enhanced flight crew alerting system for the Boeing 737 MAX 10, which will include a synthetic enhanced angle-of-attack system and a means to shut off stall warning and overspeed alerts.

In December 2022, Congress agreed to waive a deadline imposing a new safety standard for modern cockpit alerts for the MAX 7 and MAX 10, but required retrofitting planes with future safety enhancements within three years of the MAX 10 certification. The requirements were adopted by Congress as part of aircraft certification reform passed after two fatal 737 MAX crashes killed 346 people in Indonesia and Ethiopia and led to the plane's 20-month grounding.

The FAA said it will also review and certify design changes that will incorporate the required safety enhancements on all other models of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft and monitor Boeing to ensure the company takes actions necessary to provide service information to airlines in time to meet required deadlines.

Boeing declined to immediately comment.

Boeing, which currently offers the MAX 8 and MAX 9 for sale, has struggled for years to win FAA approval for the new versions of the MAX - the shorter MAX 7 and longer 10. On Thursday, Southwest Airlines <LUV.N> CEO Bob Jordan told Reuters he expects the MAX 7 to be certified by August 2026, with the U.S. carrier to start flying the small single-aisle jet during the first quarter of 2027.

Boeing has faced delays in the certification of its MAX 7 and MAX 10 models due to an engine de-icing issue. The U.S. planemaker has also faced delays in certifying its widebody 777X jet. In October, the FAA gave Boeing approval to raise its 737 MAX production to 42 planes per month, ending a 38-plane cap in place since January 2024. The FAA imposed the unprecedented production cap shortly after a 2024 mid-air emergency involving a new Alaska Airlines 737 MAX 9 that was missing four key bolts in a door plug, causing a gaping hole to open in the fuselage at 16,000 feet (4,900 m). The incident revealed widespread production safety and quality lapses at Boeing.

(Reporting by David Shepardson in WashingtonEditing by Rod Nickel)