On Tuesday, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) proposed conditions for the grounded jet to be put back into service, including new training and updates to the MCAS software related to the crash.
Brazil’s highest regulatory agency stated that Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA, the only airline in Brazil that operates the aircraft, is resuming the necessary measures for flights.
Gol said last week that it may resume flying Boeing 737 MAX aircraft before the end of the year.
As the 20-month Boeing safety crisis is testing people’s confidence in the American aviation leadership, some regulatory agencies have been waiting for the European Aviation Safety Agency’s decision before lifting their own measures.
ANAC's airworthiness supervisor Jose Roberto Hornato said that Brazilian regulators will use FAA conditions to put MAX back into use. This move played down the differences between regulators. The difference between
EASA and FAA is that the pilot can stop the "stick vibrator" alarm from vibrating when it sounds unexpectedly, stopping the two crew members from being distracted by the fatal flight problem.
It also issued a provision that temporarily restricts the use of autopilots, which is different from the United States.
"These differences are not uncommon, especially in complex aircraft projects like the 737 MAX," he told Reuters. "We will not propose a difference to the FAA."
European Aviation Safety Agency represents 27 EU countries, plus 4 other countries, including Norway, which ordered 92 aircraft. Before December 31, the European Aviation Safety Agency also represented the United Kingdom, which left the EU bloc in January.
Canada is also expected to lift the ban, but there is still uncertainty in China. China is the largest market for the jet and the first country to ban the jet in March 2019.
US flights will resume on December 29, while in Europe, the official lifting of the ban will begin in mid-January.
