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The acting FAA chief will tell a Senate hearing Wednesday that "Boeing submitted … to the FAA for certification" its proposed flight-control software enhancement for the 737 MAX on Jan. 21, seven weeks before the Ethiopian crash. He also defended the original FAA certification of the suspect system.