EU to start Boeing 737 Max accreditation flights

The EU’s air travel regulator will start accreditation flights of Boeing’s 737 Max airliner next week, taking the grounded airliner another crucial action more detailed to potentially bring guests once again. The flights will be carried out in Vancouver, British Columbia, while simulator training for Max pilots will occur at London’s Gatwick airport. 

In a declaration, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency stated it’s working carefully with Boeing throughout the procedure. “EASA judges the overall maturity of the redesign process is now sufficient to proceed to flight tests. These are a prerequisite for the European agency to approve the aircraft’s new design.”

The EASA tests come 2 months after the FAA finished its own accreditation flights out of Seattle. The firm has actually given that launched a list of modifications it states Boeing should make to the Max prior to it can go back to service. Both the EASA and Transport Canada have stated their accreditation of the airplane will be independent of any FAA approval. 

The Max has actually been grounded given that March 2019 after crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia eliminated 346 individuals. Boeing states it has actually now fixed the MCAS flight control system blamed for both crashes and has actually anticipated the Max might fly once again by the end of the year.