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Eugene

(61,595 posts)
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 02:58 PM Jun 2020

Boeing set for critical 737 Max flight tests

Source: BBC

Boeing set for critical 737 Max flight tests

28 June 2020

Boeing's bid to see its 737 Max return to the skies faces a pivotal week with flight safety tests expected to begin.

Pilots and technical experts from regulators and the company are understood to be planning three days of tests, possibly starting on Monday.

Boeing's best-selling aircraft was grounded last year after two crashes killed all 346 people on the flights.

The tests are a milestone for Boeing, but even if they go well, months of further safety checks will be needed.

Aviation regulators grounded the 737 Max about 15 months ago following two crashes - a Lion Air flight and an Ethiopian Airlines flight - within five months of each other.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53212274
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PSPS

(13,512 posts)
3. "Pilots and technical experts from regulators and (Boeing)"
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 03:58 PM
Jun 2020

You mean trump-appointed "do me a favor, though" regulators?
You mean Boeing, the darling advocate of "self regulation" that results in "self-crashing planes?"

Nice try, but I'll wait for some certification from the EASA. Nobody in their right mind has any faith in the FAA anymore, especially in the trump era.

Takket

(21,424 posts)
11. This seems like it happened a decade ago
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 11:11 PM
Jun 2020

I remember Boeing saying just need a software patch and they would be good to go in a few weeks. How did that work out?

I hope the FAA makes them pay for 3rd party certification of every bolt on that plane.

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