Boeing said on Tuesday its troubled workhorse -grounded last March after two crashes in which 346 people died - should receive approval by mid-year from US regulators
Dave Calhoun says Boeing is not considering scrapping the MAX and expects it will continue to fly for a generation.
"This is one of the great companies of the world, let's say as of a year ago, and then all of a sudden things happen."
SpiceJet had 13 Boeing 737 Max in its fleet (and 155 planes of the type on order), which were grounded following a global ban last March
The Chicago-based planemaker has been updating the 737 MAX flight control system and software to address issues believed to have played a role in two crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia
There's also the company's failure to provide a combat-ready refueling tanker, nine years after Boeing won a competition for the $44 billion project
The 737 Max is costing the plane-maker billions of dollars in losses. The software problem was discovered during the final validation review process of the updates being installed on the plane
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Boeing made just 380 plane deliveries for 2019, fewer than half the number the prior year.
The top-selling aircraft has been grounded since March following two deadly crashes
The Indian civil aviation regulator will conduct its own tests before re-certifying them
The 737 MAX has been grounded since March after two fatal crashes killed 346 people
The loss of some awards and denial of severance sends a strong signal that the board lost confidence in the once-heralded CEO
Muilenburg was fired in late December after failing to get the company's 737 Max jetliner back in the air.
The latest batch of internal Boeing documents were provided to the US aviation regulator FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) and US Congress last month and released on Thursday
In 2019, regulators banned flying MAX planes after two fatal accidents involving the aircraft
Boeing Co on Thursday released hundreds of internal messages that raise serious questions about its development of simulators and the 737 MAX that was grounded in March after two fatal crashes
The manufacturer on Tuesday said it had advised regulators that pilots need more than brief tablet-based instruction before flying the Max
The crash is suspected to have been caused by mechanical issues, it added, without elaborating
The recent review of changes to the Max raised the question whether a wiring short circuit could also cause a runaway stabilizer.