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Boeing And FAA Begin 737 Max Test Flights To Determine Its Safety

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Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have begun the first step in determining if the controversial 737 Max should fly again. Both parties started a series of test flights on the Boeing 737 Max which should last about 3 days.

 

The 737 Max was involved in two deadly crashes in which 346 people lost their lives in 2018 and 2019. While Boeing had stopped the production of the 737 Max for months, it restarted producing them again in May 2020.

 

“While the certification flights are an important milestone, a number of key tasks remain. The FAA is following a deliberate process and will take the time it needs to thoroughly review Boeing’s work. We will lift the grounding order only after we are satisfied that the aircraft meets certification standards,” the FAA said in a statement.

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According to Bloomberg, during the test flights, the pilots will maneuver the Boeing 737 max into very steep turns that would nearly cause a stall. The reason is so that test pilots and engineers from the Boeing and FAA can recreate the conditions that triggered the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) which caused the crash in both fatal flights.

 

The Boeing 737 Max has new, bigger engines placed further forward on the wings compared to the traditional 737. This made the plane more susceptible to stalling during some types of maneuvers.

 

To counteract this, Boeing developed the MCAS, however, the company hid the software from the FAA and pilots. This was to reduce the amount of retraining that it would have needed to get the plane approved for flying.

 

In October 2018, a 737 Max Lion Air Flight 610 took off from Jakarta, Indonesia, and crashed into the Java Sea. The crash which happened just a few minutes after takeoff killed 189 passengers and crew.

 

Again in March 2019 another 737 Max Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed six minutes after taking off for Kenya.  Another 157 people lost their lives in the crash and the 737 Max was grounded worldwide after.

 

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