Regulators said aware of risk of 2nd Boeing 737 Max crash

Federal regulators realized the likelihood of a second crash involving Boeing's 737 Max 8 was high but thought telling pilots of the hazard posed by the plane's anti-stall system and how to respond to it would be sufficient to ensure the aircraft's safe operation, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

The initial review by the US Federal Aviation Administration of the Lion Air crash on Oct 29, 2018, concluded that it would not "take much" for a similar malfunction to cause another crash, the newspaper said, citing an unnamed FAA official familiar with the issue and others briefed on the matter.

The Indonesian jet went down in the Java Sea, killing all 189 passengers and crew. The crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max 8 near Addis Ababa on March 10 killed all 157 on board.