Hong Kong Allows Airlines to Resume Boeing 737 Max Flights
Hong Kong airlines should ensure that Boeing 737 Max aircraft planning to fly in Hong Kong should carry an airworthiness certificate and comply with the orders from the US authority FAA.
Highlights:
- The planes should have a valid airworthiness certificate to fly in Hong Kong airspace.
- Hong Kong-based airline Greater Bay Airlines is contemplating ordering 30 Boeing Max jets.
- Boeing 737 Max is slowly getting back to operations with countries lifting the ban on the aircraft.
Boeing 737 Max aircraft is coming back to operations after a three-year ban in Hong Kong. The Civil Aviation Department in Hong Kong has issued the directive to airlines to restart using Boeing 737.
The directive orders that the airlines that intend to use Boeing 737 Max for services should comply with the airworthiness instruction from the US Federal Aviation Administration. They can also comply with a similar stringent directive from the country where the plane was registered. The aircraft should carry a valid certificate of airworthiness, mentioning its compliance.
The return of the 737 Max model aircraft was an issue of credibility to aircraft manufacturer Boeing to rebound from the pandemic and safety scandals.
The plane was banned after two fatal crashes involving Boeing 737 Max flights JT610 and ET302 by Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines, which happened in 2018 and 2019 in Ethiopia and Indonesia. The incidents resulted in the death of 346 people on board. After the second accident, civil aviation authorities worldwide banned Boeing 737 Max from using it for passenger services. Boeing made severe design changes and rectifications in the aircraft’s MCAS system before re-applying for airworthiness. US aviation authority Federal Aviation Administration recertified the plane, after which Brazilian airline GOL became the first to resume the passenger service with the aircraft.
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