Boeing makes progress on 737 MAX, however FAA wants weeks to evaluation

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Boeing makes progress on 737 MAX, however FAA wants weeks to evaluation

By David Shepardson


By David Shepardson

WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (Reuters)Boeing Co BA.N is making progress towards getting its 737 MAX plane within the air once more however the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will want no less than a number of extra weeks for evaluation, FAA Administrator Steve Dickson mentioned on Tuesday.

Dickson mentioned at a convention of air site visitors controllers in Washington that the company had acquired the “last software program load” and “full system description” of revisions to the airplane, which was grounded in March after two deadly crashes.

The disasters, which killed a complete of 346 individuals, and grounding of Boeing’s top-selling airplane sparked a plunge within the firm’s share worth and disrupted operations at a few of the world’s greatest airways, prompting an enormous effort by the planemaker to attempt to get the 737 MAX again into the skies.

However hopes of a fast return to service have slipped to develop into a greater than seven month grounding.

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