The Max is back
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The Boeing 737 Max returned to the skies in the US last month, and now the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has given the model permission to fly to and from EU countries.
It seems it’s only a matter of time before UK travellers find themselves on board one of the aircraft. All we need is for lockdown to be lifted, other countries to remove their travel restrictions, and airlines to offer services that utilise the controversial jets…
OK, so we might be waiting a while.
Nevertheless, the Max is coming to British skies, slowly but surely. Here’s everything you need to know about it.
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More than 20 months after their family members were killed in a Boeing 737 crash in Ethiopia, Chris Moore and Paul Njoroge were permitted to speak at federal hearings examining Transport Canada’s approval and oversight of the plane.
However, before their testimony to the House of Commons transport committee was to begin on Nov. 24, the families gave a written statement of their intended testimony to the committee but were told to cut their statements in half, reducing them to five minutes from 10 minutes, forcing them to omit key details.
Nearly two years after the 737 Max was grounded, not a single corporate executive or federal regulator has gone to jail for his role in the deaths of 346 people.
Crash Victims Families Want to Rescind Approval for 737 Max to Fly Again By Tracy Rucinski | December 29, 2020
The families of victims killed in two crashes by Boeing Co’s 737 MAX want U.S. regulators to rescind approval for the planes to fly again, following a Senate report that raised concerns about the re-approval process.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lifted its 20-month safety ban of the 737 MAX on Nov. 18 after green-lighting design changes by Boeing to address issues involved in two fatal crashes in Indonesia in late 2018 and in Ethiopia in early 2019.
But a lengthy Senate Commerce Committee report released on Friday found that Boeing officials “inappropriately coached” FAA test pilots during its recertification efforts.