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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBoeing 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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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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Boeing set for critical 737 Max flight tests (Original Post)
Eugene
Jun 2020
OP
You do know the 737 has been in service since 1967 and over 10,000 have been built?
EX500rider
Jun 2020
#5
I realize that, but I have no intention of flying at the current time, and I won't fly on a 737.
MiniMe
Jun 2020
#6
I'd prefer to..after the 737MAX goes back up it will have been well vetted.. nt
EX500rider
Jun 2020
#8
I might prefer the MAX now, it will have been well vetted when it goes up again. nt
EX500rider
Jun 2020
#12
MiniMe
(21,676 posts)1. Not that I'd fly now anyway, but I will never get on a 737 ever
EX500rider
(10,531 posts)5. You do know the 737 has been in service since 1967 and over 10,000 have been built?
MiniMe
(21,676 posts)6. I realize that, but I have no intention of flying at the current time, and I won't fly on a 737.
EX500rider
(10,531 posts)8. I'd prefer to..after the 737MAX goes back up it will have been well vetted.. nt
hunter
(38,264 posts)7. Sadly, moron Boeing management broke the last incarnation.
I don't think the brand will recover.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)10. Quit posting logic! :-)
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)2. This headline is very 2020
PSPS
(13,512 posts)3. "Pilots and technical experts from regulators and (Boeing)"
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.
Sympthsical
(8,935 posts)4. Hard pass
I fly frequently (pre-virus). Flying never bothers me.
I am never getting on that plane.
USALiberal
(10,877 posts)9. Lol, ok! Nt
EX500rider
(10,531 posts)12. I might prefer the MAX now, it will have been well vetted when it goes up again. nt
Takket
(21,424 posts)11. This seems like it happened a decade ago
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.