US regulators give green light to Boeing 737 MAX
22 November 2020 |
4:59 pm
US regulators have cleared Boeing's 737 MAX to return to service. The fleet has been grounded around the world since March 2019 following two deadly crashes involving the model. Some 346 people lost their lives in the accidents in Indonesia and Ethiopia.
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