The bad news is linked for Boeing.
The week started with the crash in China of a 737 NG, with 132 passengers, including 9 crew members, on board last Monday.
And the triggering of an investigation which risks postponing the return to service of the 737 Max in China.
The other bad news came from the United States on Friday.
The US Aviation Safety Agency (FAA) has warned that the certification of the 737 Max 10 - the stretched version of the Max -, but also that of the 777X - the modernized version of the American jumbo jet - would probably not take place by the end of 2022, as planned by Boeing.
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In a letter sent to the aircraft manufacturer on March 21, Ian Won, acting director of aviation safety, demanded that Boeing update a "
certification timetable
" which describes the next steps in the process.
The FAA considers that this calendar “is
obsolete and does not respect”
the new standards of aviation safety, fixed within the framework of a law adopted by…
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