Boeing Confirms 737 MAX Approval Will Not Happen In 2019 Written 13 December 2019

Reuters reports that The Boeing Company announced Thursday that it no longer expects the 737 MAX to be approved by regulators in 2019. The announcement comes on the heels of a meeting between Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg and FAA Administrator Stephen Dickson. Dickson had said Wednesday that the FAA would not lift its grounding of the jet until 2020. He also acknowledged that the FAA is investigating concerns about production issues at Boeing’s 737 MAX facility in Renton, Washington. According to an email sent by the FAA, Dickson told Muilenburg that “Boeing’s focus should be on the quality and timeliness of data submittals for FAA review. He made clear that FAA’s certification requirements must be 100% complete before return to service.”
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