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FAA Restores Limited Certification Authority to Boeing for Some 737 MAX and 787 Jets

The move follows a review of Boeing’s production quality to let FAA inspectors refocus on heightened factory surveillance.

FILE - The second Boeing 737 MAX airplane being built is on the assembly line in Renton, Wash., on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
737 MAX aircraft are seen in various states of assembly at the Boeing 737 factory Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in Renton, Washington. (Jennifer Buchanan/The Seattle Times/TNS)
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Overview

  • Starting Sept. 29, Boeing and the FAA will alternate weekly in issuing airworthiness certificates for selected 737 MAX and 787 aircraft.
  • The step partially returns a privilege removed for the MAX in 2019 and the 787 in 2022 after crashes and production-quality lapses.
  • The FAA says it will maintain direct oversight as inspectors increase on-line monitoring of assembly stages, compliance, safety management and reporting culture.
  • The 737 MAX production cap of 38 jets per month remains in place, and any rate increase would require onsite reviews and approval by FAA inspectors.
  • Boeing still faces regulatory and legal scrutiny, including proposed FAA fines of $3.1 million tied to quality violations, even as its shares rose about 4% on the news.