Updates on Boeing 737-9 MAX Aircraft - Federal Aviation Administration
Jan 6, 2024 · After taking decisive action to ground 171 Boeing 737-9 MAX airplanes, the FAA is now investigating Boeing’s manufacturing practices and production lines, including those involving subcontractor Spirit AeroSystems, bolstering its oversight of …
FAA Updates on Boeing 737 MAX - Federal Aviation Administration
Nov 18, 2020 · The FAA and Boeing today completed the certification flight tests on the Boeing 737 MAX. During three days of testing this week, FAA pilots and engineers evaluated Boeing’s proposed changes in connection with the automated flight control system on the aircraft.
Boeing 737 MAX Reading Room - Federal Aviation Administration
Aug 9, 2024 · To address the unsafe conditions that led to the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX, FAA issued an Airworthiness Directive that requires four design changes: Installing new flight control computer software. This change is intended to prevent erroneous MCAS activation, among other safeguards.
Boeing 737 MAX - Wikipedia
Boeing 737 MAX 9 flight tests were scheduled to run through 2017, with 30% of the -8 tests repeated; aircraft 1D001 was used for auto-land, avionics, flutter, and mostly stability-and-control trials, while 1D002 was used for environment control system testing. [56] It was certified by February 2018. [197]
Boeing 737 MAX certification - Wikipedia
The Boeing 737 MAX was initially certified in 2017 by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Global regulators grounded the plane in 2019 following fatal crashes of Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 .
FAA approves a path for Boeing 737 Max 9s to return to operations - CNN
Jan 25, 2024 · United Airlines announced that it has received approval from the FAA to return to its fleet 79 Boeing 737 Max 9 planes this weekend, according to a memo from the airline’s operations chief that...
FAA says Boeing 737 Max 9 can resume flying after inspections - NPR
Jan 25, 2024 · WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration says Boeing's grounded 737 Max 9 jets can begin flying again after a "thorough inspection and maintenance process." But the agency also...
FAA gives Boeing a deadline to fix 737 Max quality control - NPR
Feb 28, 2024 · Boeing has 90 days to come up with a plan to fix quality control issues, the FAA said Wednesday. Critics say those problems go far beyond the door plug that blew off a 737 Max in midair last...
FAA orders Boeing 737 Max operators to perform extra inspections
Feb 8, 2024 · In the order, known as an airworthiness directive, the FAA said Thursday that an international 737 Max operator discovered loose bolts in the rudder control system on one of its planes in...
FAA Issues Airworthiness Directive To Address Boeing 737 MAX …
Oct 22, 2024 · After Boeing discovered a design flaw in the 737 MAX 8 and 737 MAX 9's standby power system control unit (SPCU) that resulted in the unit having a single point of failure, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has addressed the safety risks with an …