Boeing 737 Max gets first test flight since grounding

Federal Aviation Administration Chief Steve Dickson is set to conduct an evaluation flight at the controls of a Boeing 737 Max next week, a milestone as the U.S. planemaker works to win approval to resume flights, the agency told lawmakers.

The Boeing 737 Max has been grounded since March 2019 after two fatal crashes killed 346 people. Dickson, who was previously a commercial airline pilot, plans to undergo simulator training before the flight and will then share his observations with FAA technical staff.

The FAA told lawmakers that Dickson and FAA Deputy Administrator Dan Elwell “will be in Seattle next week to take the recommended training.” The flight by Dickson will fulfill “his promise to fly the aircraft before the FAA approves its return to service.”

Boeing shares were up 6%.

Earlier Friday, Europe’s chief aviation safety regulator said the Max could receive regulatory approval to resume flying in November and enter service by the end of the year.

“For the first time in a year and a half, I can say there’s an end in sight to work on the Max,” said Patrick Ky, executive director of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

Ky said Boeing had agreed to install the computerized third-sensor system on the next version of the plane, the 230-seat 737 Max 10, followed by retrofits on the rest of the fleet later.

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[미스뉴저지]

It’s too late for Boeing. They already proved themselves untrustworthy

[anthonycannatajr]

Who in their right mind would fly in this nightmare of a plane? Not I!

[flippineddy]

Only way I'm flying on this plane is on Microsoft Flight Simulator lol😂.

[RachelDavis]

I'm never getting on this plane, ever.

[edwinodus]

The question should be does MCAS contribute to ascend, maneuver, forward flight or descend. If not, what's it doing on a plane? In the successful history of aviation, no one has never made one aircraft fly like another one until now

[pt]

I'd rather try to fly by flapping my arms. No thanks.

[chrundlethegreat]

Who cares, no one needs a plane right now.

[videosmydad]

You think I am ever EVER getting on a plane whose software can decide to nose dive and the pilots can't do anything about it!??? NO

[onebridge]

I’ll keep flying Delta. Not flying the Max until a couple years go by.

[Tensolin]

It doesn’t matter. I will NEVER get in one.

[peternicholasburke]

I would love a flight in this new plane.

[goodfella]

Boeing needs to develop a true 737 replacement that’s a clean sheet design, ASAP.

[Claxiux]

No way I’m getting in one of those. Not even for free.

[guss]

95% the people saying they will never ride on it aren't able to name what was actually wrong with it in the first place. Prove me wrong.

[ilhamsuhendi]

I'll fly boeing tbh. But half ticket price of airbus.

[edwinodus]

He didn't make the angle of attack vein malfunction though

[hugovera]

-20 bvps. That is going to be -50 by eoy

[thetruthsirmadame]

Never getting on that thing again. I won’t be the the third crash. I would not fly for free on that thing. I value my life!

[geogmz]

I'm not flying on that thing.. I'm going to pay close attention whenever I buy a flight ticket. Scrap that thing Boeing.. You're not fooling anyone..

[SACHINAU]

as if it matters. Only spruiking the markets that fell hard in before mkt.