DGCA allows Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to resume commercial service after two-and-a-half-year ban

A Boeing Company MAX 737 jet is parked in front of a hangar. Photo: Mike Kane | bloomberg file photo

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New Delhi: India’s aviation regulator DGCA on Thursday lifted the ban on commercial flight operations of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft after nearly two-and-a-half years.

On March 13, 2019, All Boeing 737 MAX aircraft were grounded by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in India after the Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX plane crashed near Addis Ababa on March 10, in which 157 people including four Indians were on board. Were. , dead.

Aircraft maker Boeing has been modifying the 737 MAX aircraft since March 2019 so that regulators from various countries, including the DGCA, allow its passenger flight operations again.

In its order dated August 26, 2021, the DGCA stated that the operation of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft is permitted “only on satisfaction of the applicable requirements for return to service”.

A senior DGCA official confirmed that the ban on commercial flight operations of 737 MAX aircraft has been lifted.


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