Europe, Canada move to put Boeing 737 Max back in air
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The Boeing 737 Max was grounded worldwide for almost two years after crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia within five months in 2018 and 2019. File Photo by EPA-EFE
Jan. 19 (UPI) European and Canadian officials have approved plans for the Boeing 737 Max, grounded after 346 people died in two crashes, to fly again soon.
The Boeing 737 Max was grounded worldwide for almost two years after crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia within five months in 2018 and 2019. The aircraft s automated flight control Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System pushed both planes into a nose-dive after a faulty sensor. Since then, Boeing has addressed the European Aviation Safety Agency concerns, the Financial Times reported, including modification of the automated flight control.
First US commercial Boeing 737 MAX since 2019 departs Miami
The Boeing 737 Max jetliners were grounded worldwide in March 2019 following two deadly accidents that took place nearly two years ago. December 29, 2020 / 10:16 PM IST
A Boeing 737 MAX aircraft
Boeing’s 737 MAX resumed passenger flights in the United States for the first time on December 29 after a 20-month safety ban was lifted last month.
American Airlines Flight 718 departed Miami around 10:40 am bound for New York’s LaGuardia Airport and is scheduled to land around 1:08 pm, according to several flight tracing websites.American aeroplane maker Boeing have sought to reassure the public over the plane’s safety after it was cleared by US regulators in November to resume flights.
A Boeing 737 Max lands earlier this month at an airport in Porto Alegre, Brazil. On Friday, the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation released its probe into what went wrong with the airliner after it was involved in multiple deadly crashes. Silvio Avila / AFP via Getty Images
Senate investigators have heaped criticism on both Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration, finding a series of failures and improprieties during the review process that put the troubled Boeing 737 Max jetliner in the sky.
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation laid out the fatal missteps in a scathing report issued Friday.