Good news for aircraft manufacturer Boeing.

China lifted its flight ban for the Boeing 737 MAX on Thursday.

After an assessment procedure, "the CAAC considers that the corrective measures are adequate to remedy this dangerous situation," said the Chinese Civil Aviation Administration (CAAC) of these aircraft that Beijing was grounded in 2019 after two fatal accidents in Ethiopia and Indonesia.

In March 2019, China was the first country in the world to order its carriers to suspend 737 MAX flights for safety reasons after two accidents in a few months that killed 346.

The day before the ban, an aircraft of this model, operated by Ethiopian Airlines, crashed shortly after taking off from Addis Ababa.

The disaster, which left 157 people dead, came just over five months after another 737 MAX crashed in Indonesia, where 189 people were killed.

China, last major country to lift ban

For its part, Boeing had indicated earlier in the day that "the decision of the CAAC was an important step towards the safe return to service of the 737 MAX in China", reacting to press reports announcing this ban being lifted. .

This decision was eagerly awaited by Boeing, for which China is an important market.

Last month, the Chinese regulator asked local airlines for their feedback on the technical modifications made by the American giant to its aircraft.

The regulator notably conditioned the return of the 737 MAX in the Chinese skies to technical modifications on the planes, in order to guarantee flight safety.

China is the latest major country to lift the flight ban on this device.

The 737 MAX has been cleared for flight in America and Europe again since the end of last year, but nearly a hundred are still grounded in China and around 400 aircraft had been ordered before their flight ban.

In August, however, a 737 MAX took off from Shanghai for a test flight.

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