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SilkAir has delivered one of its six Boeing 737 MAX 8s to Alice Springs for storage as the global grounding of the type stretches into a seventh month. The 737 MAX 8 9V-MBA landed at Alice Springs a little after 1030 local time on Monday following its near six-hour journey from Singapore as MI 8880,
Boeing's US$50 million fund for victims of two 737 MAX crashes has started accepting claims from families of the 346 people killed in the twin tragedies.
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Boeing 737 MAX operators in the United States have extended the period they expect the aircraft to remain grounded in their schedules.
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IATA has reiterated calls for regulators to collaborate and work towards the same timeline when certifying the return to service of the Boeing 737 MAX.
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The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says it has found an issue with the software fix for the grounded Boeing 737 MAX.
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The possibility of bird strike being involved in the fatal Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 crash has been raised by the Wall Street Journal.