Boeing 737 MAX resumes test flights

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has begun test flights of Boeing-737 MAX aircraft for a new type certification, reported CNBC . This is a key condition for the return to service of the aircraft, which has remained chained to the ground since March 2019 after two crashes.

The first test aircraft took off from Seattle today, with further flights expected in a few days. On this news, Boeing quotes rose by 10%.

Boeing expects the aircraft to return to commercial service in the fall of 2020, subject to successful testing. At the end of May, the company resumed the assembly of aircraft of this type.

Due to problems with the liner in 2019, Boeing received the first loss in 20 years. badly Employees of the company spoke about the 737 MAX itself and about flight simulators for it, and also about the fact that a year before the disaster of the Lion Air flight, Boeing dissuaded the airline from training its pilots on simulators. The crisis forced the company to change leadership - we talked about the new head of Boeing here .