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Brazilian airline GOL becomes first airline to restart commercial Boeing 737 MAX operations

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Brazilian low-cost airline GOL Linhas Aéreas today (9 December) became the first airline in the world to return the Boeing 737 MAX into commercial service. 636 days ago, U.S. aviation regulators grounded all Boeing 737 MAX aircraft after the Federal Aviation Authorities discovered new evidence of accident similarities between crashed Lion Air flight JT610 and Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302.

The airline operated domestic flight G3 4104 between Sao Paulo and Porto Alegre, Brazil with a Boeing 737 MAX 8 (registered PR-XMB).

So far only the United States and Brazil have re-certified the passenger jet.

This post was published on 9 December 2020 18:00

Bart Noëth

Working for 25 years in the aviation industry, I changed my career and became a firefighter/EMT in 2021. I like to spend my free time with my two sons, girlfriend, family and friends. I love to travel, wine and dine and support my favourite football squad KV Mechelen. Once an Ironman 70.3 finisher and dreaming of completing a full distance.

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