Canadian regulator to test fly the Boeing 737 MAX
The air travel regulator Transport Canada is expected to perform its own series of test flights for the validation of the beleaguered aircraft.
Although the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was the first authority to test flight the globally grounded Boeing 737 MAX.
Transport Canada would be carrying out a series of Boeing 737 MAX checks to certify if the airliner would be safe flying within Canada’s airspace.
The test flights will be conducted during the week starting on August 24, 2020. The tests are going to be a part of the regulator’s independent review on whether to validate changes to the aircraft proposed by Boeing.
Transport Canada will become the first non-U.S aviation regulator to hold the tests. Prior to the Canadian authority, flight testing of MAX was performed by the FAA in Jun 20.
The Boeing 737 MAX was grounded after two crashes killed 346 people in October 2018 and March 2019. Despite the grounding, Boeing received a firm order for two 737 MAX and two options from the Polish charter airline Enter Air on August 19, 2020. It was the first order for the aircraft this year.
