它取代了波音737 Next Generation(NG),并与空中客车A320neo家族竞争。新系列于2011年8月30日宣布。它于2016年1月29日进行了首次试飞,并于2017年3月获得美国联邦航空管理局(FAA)的认证。第一架交付给Malindo Air的是MAX 8,于2017年5月开始服务。 The 737 MAX is based on earlier 737 designs, with more ...
The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it will boost its oversight ofBoeingas the planemaker prepares to resume production of its 737 MAX jets followinga 53-day strikethat ended earlier this week. FAA Administrator Mike Whitaker spoke with BoeingCEO Kelly Ortbergthis week and ...
During the six-week audit, the FAA also conducted 13 product audits that focused onSpirit AeroSystems,which makes fuselages for the Boeing 737 Max — of those, only six audits resulting in passing grades, and seven failed, the NYT said. ...
WASHINGTON, March 17 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is investigating the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its approval of Boeing 737 MAX, two of which have crashed. According to the Wall Street Journal Sunday, the DOT's Inspector General is looking into whe...
An international panel of safety regulators reported last week that the FAA relied too much on Boeing employee for 737 Max's safety and was less capable of effectively certifying the planes. The multi-agency report said if the FAA technical staff had been fully aware of the details of the fl...
The test flight, which included other FAA and Boeing pilots, began just before 12 p.m. ET and concluded at about 2 p.m. At a briefing afterward, he was asked if the Boeing 737 Max is safe and if he would put his family on it. "I like what I saw on the flight this morning,"...
5 inflight loss of an exit door plug on an Alaska Airlines 737-9, the FAA has taken the extraordinary step of denying Boeing permission to continue with its planned production increase of the twinjet. The action, which comes as Boeing is in the midst of ramping up 737 production at its...
With just 35 days left in 2019, the FAA is making it increasingly clear it is unlikely to recertify the Boeing 737 Max this year, a target Boeing has eyed for months.
Boeing 737 Max planes have been grounded globally since March after two deadly crashes that killed 346 people. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Steve Dickson, chief of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), said Wednesday that aviation regulators won't likely clear Boeing's troubled 737 Max...
Nader has been vocal about recalling the 737 Max and the FAA's approval of the jet. In May,Nader toldCNBC that the FAA, which approved the Max two years ago, was beholden to Boeing. "In all the product defects that I have worked on over the years, I have never seen so many whistl...