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Indian regulatory body lifts
Boeing 737 MAX ban
DGCA has been closely monitoring the global ungrounding of the airplanes post the re-designing and training that the company is offering
by Ayushee Chaudhary
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fter two years of being grounded, Indian skies are ready to welcome Boeing’s 737 MAX in entirety. India’s civil aviation regulatory body, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) “rescinded with immediate effect” the ban on Boeing 737 MAX. After the two infamous major fatal accidents involving the 737 MAX that took place in October 2018 and in March 2019, killing a total of 346 people; aviation authorities across the globe
had grounded the plane initiating an investigation. “Following two fatal accidents involving Boeing 737 MAX, (Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302), the Director General had decided, for the purpose of safety, that operation of Boeing Company Model 737-8 and Boeing Company Model 737-9 would not take place from/to Indian airports and transit or enter into Indian airspace effective from 1030 UTC March 13, 2019 till further notice,” DGCA stated in a circular.
PHOTOGRAPHs: Boeing
The grounding of the 737 MAX fleet, by aviation authorities across the globe, was a major jolt for the company
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