Almost an year after, pilots and test crew members from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Boeing Co are slated to begin a three-day certification test campaign for the Boeing 737MAX starting this Monday.
Accompanying the novel Coronavirus pandemic that has exacerbated the air travel demand, the complication with Boeing 737MAX is one of the worst-ever corporate crisis.
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These crashes provoked triggering lawsuits, investigations by Congress and the Department of Justice and led to cutting off Boeing's revenue generation process.
The FAA confirmed to US lawmakers on Sunday regarding the review completion of Boeing's safety system assessment for the 737MAX performed by an agency board "clearing the way for flight certification testing to begin. Flights with FAA test pilots could begin as early as tomorrow, evaluating Boeing’s proposed changes to the automated flight control system on the 737 MAX."
"After a pre-flight briefing over several hours, the crew will board a 737 MAX 7 outfitted with test equipment at Boeing Field near Seattle", one of the people said.
The crew will be expected to run methodically scripted mid-air scenarios such as steep-banking turns, progressing to more extreme maneuvers on a route primarily over Washington state.
Three day plan includes touch-and-go landings at the eastern Washington airport in Moses Lake, and a path over the Pacific Ocean coastline, adjusting the flight plan and timing as needed for weather and other factors.
The FAA confirmed to US lawmakers on Sunday regarding the review completion of Boeing's safety system assessment for the 737MAX performed by an agency board "clearing the way for flight certification testing to begin. Flights with FAA test pilots could begin as early as tomorrow, evaluating Boeing’s proposed changes to the automated flight control system on the 737 MAX."
"After a pre-flight briefing over several hours, the crew will board a 737 MAX 7 outfitted with test equipment at Boeing Field near Seattle", one of the people said.
The crew will be expected to run methodically scripted mid-air scenarios such as steep-banking turns, progressing to more extreme maneuvers on a route primarily over Washington state.
Three day plan includes touch-and-go landings at the eastern Washington airport in Moses Lake, and a path over the Pacific Ocean coastline, adjusting the flight plan and timing as needed for weather and other factors.
The FAA email said the testing will last several days and "will include a wide array of flight maneuvers and emergency procedures to enable the agency to assess whether the changes meet FAA certification standards."
It added the "FAA has not made a decision on return to service" and has a number of additional steps before it can clear the plane to to do so.
Nevertheless these tests will ensure whether the new protections Boeing added to MCAS are robust enough to prevent a likelihood of the same scenario pilots encountered before the crash.
Once the data is analyzed after a while, probably FAA Administrator Steve Dickson, a former F-15 fighter pilot who has promised the 737 MAX will not be approved until he has personally signed off on it, will board the same plane to make his assessments, two of the people said.
If all goes well, the FAA would then need to approve new pilot training procedures, among other reviews, and would not likely approve the plane's ungrounding until September, the people said.
Do you think the 737MAX will pass this three-day certification tests?
It added the "FAA has not made a decision on return to service" and has a number of additional steps before it can clear the plane to to do so.
Nevertheless these tests will ensure whether the new protections Boeing added to MCAS are robust enough to prevent a likelihood of the same scenario pilots encountered before the crash.
Once the data is analyzed after a while, probably FAA Administrator Steve Dickson, a former F-15 fighter pilot who has promised the 737 MAX will not be approved until he has personally signed off on it, will board the same plane to make his assessments, two of the people said.
If all goes well, the FAA would then need to approve new pilot training procedures, among other reviews, and would not likely approve the plane's ungrounding until September, the people said.
Do you think the 737MAX will pass this three-day certification tests?
Can you write an article about 'What went wrong in Boeing 737MAX'.
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Definitely! I'll come up with an article regarding the same next week :)
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