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FAA Chief Pilots Test Flight of Boeing 737 Max

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   Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Steve Dickson said there's
   still work to be done before the Boeing 737 Max is approved to fly
   again, although he added that he liked what he saw.
   His remarks came after completing a two-hour evaluation flight at the
   controls of the 737 Max on Wednesday.
   "We still have some work to do yet. My flight today and the training
   that I undertook, I think gives me an excellent baseline as an aviator,
   to be able to understand the systems and understand how they are being
   utilized," Dickson said at a virtual news conference.
   He had promised he would not approve the airplane until he flew it
   himself and was convinced of its safety after two 737 Max aircraft
   crashed over a five-month period, killing 346 people.
   In both crashes, a flawed control system known as MCAS, triggered by
   faulty data from a single airflow sensor, repeatedly and forcefully
   pushed down the jet's nose as pilots struggled to intervene.

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