The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration distanced itself on Thursday from sugge...
) that its grounded 737 MAX could resume flying passengers in October, saying regulators do not have a timeline for vetting safety upgrades.
But the FAA’s top official declined to be pinned down on Boeing’s target of October or any other timeline for clearing the plane, which was grounded in March after two fatal crashes. Boeing has stressed that the decision to let the MAX fly again commercially would be made by regulators. Muilenburg said on Wednesday that all submissions by foreign regulators had been incorporated into Boeing’s assessment that the aircraft could re-enter service as early as October.
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