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The Boeing 777-200 plane with more than 230 on board landed safely at Denver International Airport after the right engine failed. Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Tuesday that it was finalizing a new directive requiring enhanced safety check for all Boeing 777-200 airplanes with Pratt …

San Francisco, US | Xinhua | The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday rescinded the order that halted commercial operations of Boeing 737 MAX. The move will allow airlines that are under the FAA’s jurisdiction, including those in the United States, to take the steps necessary to resume service and …

San Francisco, US | XINHUA |  The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) started Boeing 737 MAX recertification test flights on Monday, marking a major step toward the aircraft’s return to service after being grounded. A Boeing 737 MAX aircraft departed from Boeing Field in Seattle, U.S. state of Washington, on …

New York, United States | AFP | A key test flight of the Boeing 737 MAX has been pushed back by a month to May due to the upheaval of the coronavirus crisis, two sources told AFP Tuesday. The certification flight, overseen by the US Federal Aviation Administration, is a vital step in clearing the …

New York, United States | AFP | US aviation regulators plan to require Boeing to rewire all 737 MAX aircraft before allowing the troubled planes fly again, the Wall Street Journal has reported. The MAX has been grounded worldwide since an Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed shortly after take-off last March, less than six months after …

New York, United States | AFP | Boeing employees bantered about whether the 737 MAX was safe to fly and joked that the aircraft was “designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys,” according to emails released late Thursday. “Would you put your family on a MAX simulator trained …

New York, United States | AFP | Boeing said Tuesday it will urge regulators to require 737 MAX simulator training for pilots prior to clearing the jet to return to service. The aviation giant, which has been roiled by a nine-month grounding of the plane following two deadly crashes, had previously …

Washington, United States | AFP | The top US aviation regulator will meet Thursday with Boeing chief Dennis Muilenburg to express concerns the company is rushing to get its 737 MAX jets back in the air, officials said. Steve Dickson, head of the Federal Aviation Administration, is meeting with Muilenburg to …

New York, United States | AFP | Boeing’s 737 MAX got a boost Tuesday with confirmation of new orders for the still-grounded plane, but a fresh lawsuit connected to the development of the troubled aircraft poses another challenge for the company. The aviation giant, which has been in crisis mode since …

New York, United States | AFP | Boeing on Monday said it expects the 737 MAX airplane, which was grounded after two crashes killed 346 people, to resume flying in January, delaying its return by one month. In a statement, the group said it still hopes to receive certification next month …