The Boeing 737 MAX may soon be in the air again. The European aviation authority EASA is about to give the aircraft a green light, EASA director Patrick Ky told the news agency on Friday Bloomberg. With the approval, aircraft maker Boeing is taking a step towards its goal of getting the 737 MAX back on the air before the end of this year.
EASA makes the decision after a number of test flights in September. “Our analysis is that the aircraft is safe and the level of safety is high enough for us,” said Ky Bloomberg. According to the director, the safety level can be further improved, but that is not a requirement to be allowed to air again.
The European aviation authority is the first to give the green light for the popular aircraft. The American aviation authority FAA has not yet approved the aircraft. The FAA made a test flight with the aircraft at the end of last month.
Ky expects the necessary paperwork to be sent out next month. This is followed by a further period of four weeks in which other parties are allowed to respond to the green light from the aviation authority.
In March last year, the Boeing 737 MAX was grounded worldwide after two aircraft of this type had crashed in quick succession in Indonesia and Ethiopia. A total of 346 occupants were killed.
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