The Fix to the Recent electrical issue that grounded 109 Boeing B737 Max planes have been approved by FAA and service bulletins have been sent to the operators.
Now, war mode is on - United Airlines, American and Southwest are at action to carry out necessary modification to the electrical issue and recover around 60 Boeing B737 MAX planes at earliest.
Driven by successful Vaccination drive and CDC's relaxed norms , American air travel sector was in anticipation of a busy summer, but these grounded Max planes could have created short supply to the travel deprived Americans.
American Airlines is quick to react , its starting to carry out necessary modifications and says,
"all affected aircraft will begin safely returning to service in the upcoming days.”
The regrounding of 109 MAX aircrafts came after the plane was globally grounded for around 20 months following twin crashes and FAA had lifted the 1st grounding in November 20 with preconidtions.
But the current grounding had created uncertainty among operators , but FAA had clarified that the electrical problem being modified did not cause any in-service failures and the electrical issue, which had grounded about a quarter of the MAX fleet, would need a "pretty straightforward fix." !
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United airlines says, airline expects its
"Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to return to service in the coming days as we complete our inspection process and ensure those aircraft meet our rigorous safety standards."
Southwest Airlines has an estimate of two to three days for modification per aircraft and it might take around three weeks to complete the work for its 32 aircraft fleet.
As per FAA , the other carriers affected by the current electrical non compliance were - Sunwing Airlines, TUI, Turkish Airlines, Cayman Airways, Copa Airlines, Minsheng Leasing, Neos Air, Shanding Airlines, SilkAir, Spice Jet, Valla Jets Limited, WestJet Airlines GOL Linhas Aereas, Iceland Air and Xiamen Airlines.
