All Boeing 737 models up to and including the -500 are to be retrofitted with new fuel tank wiring systems, a US Federal Aviation Administration airworthiness directive (AD) requires. The AD includes shielding and separation of fuel system wiring from adjacent wiring and installation of flame arrestors and pressure relief valves in the fuel vent systems to prevent external ignition of fuel vapour flashing into the tank.
Source: Flight International
There is a sense among people who study Boeing that the company’s board of directors made a very good decision in picking longtime aerospace executive Kelly Ortberg to succeed David Calhoun as chief executive.
Boeing chief executive David Calhoun thinks the company could have its 737 Max 7 and Max 10 certificated by the Federal Aviation Administration in the first half of 2025, while cautioning that the regulator will determine ultimate timing.
Boeing still aims by year-end to boost production to 38 737s and five 787s monthly, returning to output levels at which the company had said it was operating prior to this year’s production slowdown.
