European regulators took a step closer
to letting the Boeing 737 Max fly again,
publishing a proposed airworthiness directive
that could see the aircraft cleared within weeks
after being grounded for nearly two years over
deadly crashes.
The publication of the directive by the European
Union Aviation Safety Agency opens a 28-day
public consultation period after which the
agency will review the input and then approve
the aircraft for flight.
It said the step signals “its intention to approve
the aircraft to return to Europe’s skies within a
matter of weeks.”
Regulators around the world grounded the Max
in March 2019, after the crash of an EthiopianImage: Michel Euler