FAA restores Boeing’s ability to certify Max jets for flight more than 6 years after fatal crashes

FAA restores Boeing’s ability to certify Max jets for flight more than 6 years after fatal crashes

Associated Press

September 26, 2025 / 12:32 pm

Boeing is getting back the ability to perform final safety inspections on 737 Max jetliners and certify the planes for flight more than six years after crashes of the then-new model killed 346 people, the Federal Aviation Administration said Friday.

The FAA said it decided to restore the aerospace company’s authorization to issue airworthiness certificates for Max and 787 Dreamliner passenger planes starting Monday following “a thorough review of Boeing’s ongoing production quality.”

Federal regulators took full control over 737 Max approvals in 2019, after the second of two crashes that were later blamed on a new software system Boeing de