Sources tell KING 5 that the Federal Aviation Administration will lift the 20-month grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX in the United States on Wednesday.
The 737 MAX fleet was grounded worldwide in March 2019 after crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia killed 346 people. Boeing has since been working to update software, computers and pilot training for the MAX.
American Airlines is planning to use 737 MAX planes for commercial flights by the end of 2020, pending the FAA's approval.
Renton City Councilmember Randy Corman said, “A lot of our residents work for Boeing, a lot of them have been working really hard to get to this day, and a lot of our residents work for the FAA and they’ve been working really hard to get to this day, so there’s a lot of reason to celebrate, it’s very good news for us.”
Some families of crash victims are speaking out against the return of the fleet. [ Ссылка ]
