Boeing confirmed late on Monday that it’s withdrawing a request it made to the Federal Aviation Administration final yr searching for an exemption from a security customary for its 737 MAX 7 that’s awaiting certification.
Senator Tammy Duckworth, who chairs an aviation subcommittee, stated final week she opposed Boeing’s exemption request that might “prematurely permit the 737 MAX 7 to enter business service.”
She famous the exemption Boeing had sought “entails an anti-ice system that may overheat and trigger the engine nacelle to interrupt aside and fall off. This might generate fuselage-penetrating particles, which might endanger passengers in window seats behind the wing.”
Boeing stated late on Monday “whereas we’re assured that the proposed time-limited exemption for that system follows established FAA processes to make sure secure operation, we’ll as a substitute incorporate an engineering resolution that will probably be accomplished through the certification course of.”
The FAA deferred remark to Boeing.