EASA Chief: 737 MAX “Likely” to Receive Approval to Fly “In January” Written 23 November 2020
Reuters reported that the European Union Aviation Safety Agency “is set to lift its flight ban on the Boeing 737 MAX passenger jetliner in January after U.S. regulators last week ended a 20-month grounding triggered by two fatal crashes.” On Saturday, EASA Executive Director Patrick Ky said, “We wanted to carry out a totally independent analysis of the safety of this aircraft, so we performed our own checks and flight tests. All these studies tell us that the 737 MAX can return to service. We have started to put in place all the measures.” Ky continued, “It is likely that in our case we will adopt the decisions, allowing it to return to service, some time in January.” EASA will likely publish a draft “directive proposing to end the grounding in Europe...next week, followed by a 30-day comment period.”
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