The US FAA on Wednesday paved the way for the MAX aircraft to return to commercial service after a comprehensive and methodical safety review process that stretched for 20 months.
Kazakhstan's national carrier Air Astana announced a letter of intent to purchase 30 of the 737-8 Max jets with a list price value of 3.6 billion for budget airliner FlyArystan.
The top-selling Boeing jets have been grounded since March 2019, following the two deadly crashes. In the second crash 346 people were left dead.
The decision came hours after the air-safety experts criticized Boeing the US Federal Aviation Administration for missteps that resulted in airplane crashes.
The regulator called the summit to walk through the steps taken to address concerns with the MAX aircraft after it was criticized for dragging its feet on ordering the jets grounded.
Boeing has made corrections to the 737 MAX simulator software and has provided additional information to devise operators to ensure that the simulator experience is representative across different flight conditions.
The plane maker said in a statement on Thursday that it has flown the aircraft with the updated software on 207 flights for more than 360 hours, reports CNN. The software heads next to the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and its counterparts in other countries that want to review it.
The flight arriving from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba went into the river at the end of the runway at about 9:40 p.m. local time, the air station said.
Donald Trump has publicly recommended Boeing to "rebrand" its troubled 737 Max planes after two fatal crashes.
The lawsuit says Boeing failed to warn the public, airlines and pilots of the airplane's allegedly erroneous sensors, causing the aircraft to dive automatically and uncontrollably.
