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UPDATE 2-U.S. airlines visit Boeing as FAA awaits 737 MAX upgrades

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UPDATE 2-U.S. airlines visit Boeing as FAA awaits 737 MAX upgradesCHICAGO/WASHINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) – Teams from the three U.S. airlines that own 737 MAX jets headed to Boeing Co’s factory in Renton, Washington, to review a software upgrade on Saturday, as U.S. regulators prepared to receive and review the fixes in coming weeks. The factory visits indicated Boeing may be near completing a software patch for its newest 737 following a Lion Air crash that killed 189 people in Indonesia last October. This month, a second deadly crash involving an Ethiopian Airlines MAX in Addis Ababa triggered the fleet’s worldwide grounding.