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The accident-prone Boeing 737 Max has been on the ground since March 2019. On Friday, European aviation authority EASA says they consider the plane safe to fly before the end of the year.
Norwegian had 18 Max planes in the air before the model airplane was grounded a year and a half ago.
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– Our analysis shows that this is safe, and the level of safety achieved is high enough for us, CEO Patrick Ky of the European Aviation Authority EASA tells Bloomberg.
The aeronautical authority will thus issue a formal statement, which the authority expects to arrive in November.
Requires changes
The approval comes despite the fact that the changes EASA wants to introduce will not be ready for another two years. According to Bloomberg, EASA requires the installation of a third synthetic sensor for added security.
– What we are discussing with Boeing is that with the third sensor we can achieve even greater safety, says Ky.
346 people lost their lives
In October 2018 and March 2019, two of Boeing’s 737 Max 8 aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff in Indonesia (Lion Air) and Ethiopia (Ethiopian Airlines), respectively.
346 people lost their lives in the two accidents that led to the grounding of the aircraft and the initiation of various investigations.
A bug in the MCAS control system was blamed early on for causing the accidents that killed 346 people. Basically this system should prevent the aircraft guy from steepening. Since then, Boeing has updated the control system software.
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EASA began test flights of the 737 Max aircraft in early September.
In June, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began its test flights of the Boeing model.
“EASA has worked closely with the FAA and Boeing to bring the Boeing 737 Max aircraft back into service as soon as possible, but only as soon as we are satisfied that they are safe,” EASA wrote in a press release at August.
The corona pandemic has put obstacles in the way of European testing due to travel restrictions.
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Sued by Norwegian
In the summer, Norwegian canceled orders for 92,737 Max jets and sued Boeing for, among other things, breach of contract.
The Norwegian airline had 18 Max planes in the air before the model plane was grounded. Under the plan, Norwegian would receive more than 100 aircraft of the aircraft type.
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