New Boeing finally gets going, 15 years after debut

The 737-7 is the smallest of its type, yet it has the longest range

Boeing on Tuesday celebrated the certification of its latest passenger plane, the 737-7 MAX, 15 years after it announced the type and seven years after the first model rolled off the production line.

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certified the plane on Monday, saying its decision “reflects years of sustained work to resolve complex technical issues and complete a thorough review of the airplane’s design and supporting safety analyses.”

Many of the 737-7’s problems were also present in the 737-8 MAX, which suffered fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019 due to faulty software.

Boeing built the first 737-7 in 2018and planned for it to enter commercial service a year later. After the 737-8 crashes, regulators grounded the plane while Boeing worked to fix it, leaving the aerospace company without resources to work...

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