Boeing will be allowed to take responsibility for certifying all of its 737 Max and 787 planes starting next week, the Federal Aviation Administration said Friday. <\/p>\n
The FAA said that after months of review the agency decided that Boeing\u2019s final safety checks on its planes are good enough to ensure they are airworthy. <\/p>\n
Since September, Boeing and the agency had been taking weekly turns<\/a> performing the safety checks that are required before aircraft are cleared for delivery and declared safe to fly. The FAA said Friday that the plane maker and government inspectors were both issuing similar findings as they issued airworthiness certificates.<\/p>\n Federal regulators took full control<\/a> over 737 Max approvals in 2019, after the second of two crashes<\/a> that were later blamed on a new software system Boeing developed for the aircraft. The FAA ended the company\u2019s right to self-certify 787 Dreamliners<\/a> in 2022, citing ongoing production quality issues.<\/p>\n \u201cSafety drives everything we do, and this step forward is only possible because we are confident it can be done safely,\u201d FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said.<\/p>\n Government inspectors will continue to oversee Boeing\u2019s factories, but Bedford said they will now be able to focus more on finding and addressing potential defects earlier in the manufacturing process. The plane maker said it will continue working to improve safety. <\/p>\n \u201cBoeing will continue to work under the oversight of the FAA in building safe, high-quality commercial airplanes that comply with all airworthiness certification requirements,\u201d Boeing said in a statement.<\/p>\n