An aerial picture reveals Boeing 737 Max airplanes parked on the tarmac on the Boeing Manufacturing facility in Renton, Washington, on March 21, 2019.
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Boeing’s aircraft deliveries to China have been delayed in latest weeks as a result of a Chinese language regulatory assessment of batteries associated to the cockpit voice recorder, a supply acquainted with the matter instructed Reuters.
The U.S. planemaker mentioned in an announcement it’s working with Chinese language clients on the timing of their deliveries pending a assessment by the Civil Aviation Administration of China of batteries contained throughout the 25-hour cockpit voice recorder.
In a year-end 2023 submitting, Boeing mentioned it had roughly 140 737-8 plane in stock, together with 85 plane for purchasers in China. Boeing has delivered 22 plane to China in 2024 by means of the tip of April.
Boeing mentioned the Federal Aviation Administration has licensed this method, which shops extra information than previous cockpit voice recorders.
China in March Boeing gave permission final month to renew deliveries of its 737 Max 8 to native clients, ending an import freeze on the U.S. planemaker’s most worthwhile jets which got here shortly after its first supply in 2019.
China was the primary nation to floor Max jets after two accidents in 2018 and 2019 that killed practically 350 individuals.
