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FAA and Boeing Begin Max Flight Testing

Flight testing of the 737 Max has resumed, a major step toward recertification of the narrow-body airliner.

By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

June 29, 2020

A Boeing 737 Max took off this morning on the first round of flight testing for recertification of the hardware and software changes to the aircraft’s automated flight control system. The first flight was expected to take several hours and departed from Boeing Field in Seattle.

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