FAA Certifies Boeing 737 MAX-7 After Nearly 10-Year Review

Aug 04, 2026 12:04 AM - 1 hour ago 2

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Aug 03, 2026, 01:04pm EDT

Topline

The Federal Aviation Administration certified Boeing’s 737 MAX-7 exemplary Monday, according to a statement, greenlighting the airplane successful an extensive, 10-year reappraisal partially lengthened by fatal crashes involving the larger MAX 8 version and stricter information standards from the FAA.

The first Boeing 737 MAX 7 craft sits connected the tarmac extracurricular of the Boeing mill connected February 5, 2018 successful Renton, Washington.

Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images

Key Facts

The FAA’s reappraisal included information of the MAX-7’s formation controls, flightcrew alerting and strategy information assessments.

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