Aviation Body Awaits US Certification To Allow 737 Max To Fly In India

NEW DELHI: Indian aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation is waiting for its US counterpart Federal Aviation Administration. To certify Boeing’s solution, issues faced by the 737 Max . To allow the aircraft to fly in the country again, the government said Wednesday.

Moreover, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri in a written reply in Rajya Sabha said that. “18 Boeing aircraft grounded in the country, out of which 13 from SpiceJet and five from Jet Airways”.

Hence, The aircraft grounded by the DGCA on March 13. After an Ethiopian Airlines 737, Max crashed near Addis Ababa on March 10, killing 157 people, including four Indians.

In October last year, a Lion Air operated aircraft crashed, leaving 180 people dead in Indonesia.

“A solution from Boeing, hence the manufacturer, and certification of the said solution by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Awaited by DGCA to consider the safe return of the aircraft to service,” Mr. Puri said.

On June 26, Boeing had said, “During the FAA’s review of the 737 MAX software update and recent simulator sessions. Additionally, The FAA identified an additional requirement that it has asked the company to address through the software changes that the company has been developing for the past eight months.”

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