European regulator allows Boeing 737 MAX to resume flights

The Boeing-737 MAX airliner will return to service in Europe after a 22-month break, writes Reuters . The Aviation Safety Agency of the European Union (EASA) recognized the use of the aircraft as safe.

EASA chief executive Patrick Kay said the agency has full confidence in the aircraft's safety, which "is a precondition for obtaining a permit." Kai noted that regulators will continue to monitor the performance of the 737 MAX as flights resume on the aircraft.

He also noted that Boeing has also "committed to work on further improvements to the aircraft over the medium term."

Boeing-737 MAX flights were suspended after two crashes involving these airliners. The first aircraft of this model crashed in Indonesia in October 2018, the second in Ethiopia in March 2019. A total of 346 people died in the two disasters. Both crashes were caused by a malfunction in the MCAS system, which automatically corrects the position of the aircraft in the air.

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At the very end of 2020, the Boeing-737 MAX was approved for regular flights to the United States.

about how one insufficiently developed system caused an airplane crash, We talked about how it turned out that it was approved for operation - here .