EASA Declines to Place Timeline On 737 MAX Return Written 5 August 2020
Boeing's "split tip" winglet on its 737 MAX | Oleg V. Belyakov; Wikipedia; CC BY-SA 3.0
Reuters reports that the European Union Aviation Safety Agency would not comment on the FAA’s documents detailing the agency’s plan for the return of the Boeing 737 MAX. An EASA spokesperson said that the agency is “still working to conduct our test flights, scheduling of which has been hampered by the travel restrictions due to COVID-19.” The spokesperson added, “The test flights are a prerequisite for EASA to approve the return to service of the 737 MAX in Europe.” While the spokesperson said that “good progress has been made” toward returning the jet to service, the agency “cannot yet predict a firm schedule for the return to service and the ungrounding of the aircraft in Europe.”
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