FAA needs more time to decide when Boeing 737 MAX will fly again
Hopes of a quick return to service have slipped to become a more than seven-month grounding before a key certification test flight
22 October 2019 - 16:43
Washington — Boeing is making progress towards getting its 737 MAX aircraft in the air again but the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will need at least several more weeks for review, FAA administrator Steve Dickson said on Tuesday.
Dickson said at a conference of air traffic controllers in Washington that the agency has received the “final software load” and “complete system description” of revisions to the plane, which was grounded in March after two fatal crashes...
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