First US 737 MAX flight since grounding takes off

08:21, December 30, 2020

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  American Airlines resumes Boeing 737 Max commercial flight

  An American Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft from Los Angeles lands at Washington Reagan National Airport in Washington D.American Airlines on Tuesday flew a Boeing 737 Max from Miami to New York with paying passengers on board, making the first commercial flight almost 2 years after the worldwide

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  Boeing Max returns to US skies with first passenger flight

  American Airlines flew a Boeing 737 Max with paying passengers from Miami to New York on Tuesday, the planes first commercial flight in U.S. skies since it was grounded after two deadly crashes.In this Dec. 2, 2020 file photo, an American Airlines Boeing 737 Max jet plane is parked at a maintenance facility in Tulsa, Okla. (Photo: AP)American flight 718 carried 87 passengers on the 172-seat plane, and the return flight from LaGuardia Airport to Miami International Airport held 151 passengers, according to an airline spokeswoman.Last month, the Federal Aviation Administration approved changes that Boeing made to an automated flight-control system implicated in crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia that killed 346 people in all. In both crashes, the system pushed the nose down repeatedly based on faulty sensor readings, and pilots were unable to regain control. The FAA cleared the way for U.S. airlines to resume using the plane if certain changes are made and pilots are provided with additional training including time in a flight simulator. Brazils Gol airlines operated the first passenger flight with a revamped Max on Dec. 9. Since then, Gol and Aeromexico have operated about 600 flights between them with Max jets, according to tracking service Flightradar24 and aviation-data firm Cirium.American plans to make one round trip a day between Miami and New York with Max jets through Jan. 4 before putting the plane on more routes. United Airlines plans to resume Max flights in February, and Southwest Airlines expects to follow in March.All three airlines say they will give customers the chance to change flights if they are uncomfortable flying on the Max.The Max was grounded worldwide in March 2019, days after the second crash. Reports by House and Senate committees faulted Boeing and the FAA for failures in the process of certifying the plane. Congressional investigators uncovered internal Boeing documents in which company employees raised safety concerns and bra...

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  Boeing 737 MAX crash victim families urge Europe to hold off on lifting ban

  RelativesofBoeingCo737MAXcrashvictimsonTuesdayurgedtheEuropeanUnionAviationSafetyAgencytodelayapprovingtheaircraft'sreturntoservice,sayingthereareunansweredquestionsaboutitssafety.。ABoeing737Maxairplanesitsparkedatthecompany'sproductionfacilityinRenton,Washington,theUSonWednesday.Photo:AFP。InNovembe