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Old 15th Oct 2019, 08:04
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Originally Posted by solent
Perhaps a daft question but for all the 737 MAX aircraft already built, instead of being scrapped could they roll back the aircraft to a 737-800/737-900?

Change engines, remove MCAS etc?
Zero chance of that happening, only conversion option I could see would be conversion into a freighter, otherwise it would be scrap yard if they cant be made safe


Originally Posted by Capt Fathom
From the couple of Silk Air 737s I could find on FlightRadar heading to Alice Springs, normal cruise Flight Levels from Singapore to just before the Australian coast (at Derby), then they descended to FL190 for the remainder of the trip. Looks like CASA put the more limiting restriction in place, but not Indonesia or Singapore.
Seems likely seen a few quotes from CASA and they say it will be a flight profile that prevents MCAS activiating, with flaps out seems to be the only way
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