First signs of a turnaround for troubled Boeing jets?

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Boeing finally managed to get some lift in its battered reputation at the world's largest aerospace convention last week, said Robert Wall and Andrew Tangel at The Wall Street Journal. The company secured "a blockbuster sale of 200 Max jets" to British Airways parent IAG, its first order for the once best-selling 737 Max since the plane was grounded in March following two fatal crashes. Airbus was "left fuming over the deal," which caught the rival plane maker by surprise. However, "despite the vote of confidence from one of the world's largest airlines, Boeing is far from over the Max crisis." More than 400 jets remain idled, awaiting regulatory approval on a software fix to the anti-stall system responsible for the crashes. Before the air show, Boeing had not sold a Max plane in months. Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger also testified before Congress last week that Boeing's accidents "should never have happened," said Devan Cole at CNN. The famed "Miracle on the Hudson" pilot told the panel that he recently "spent time in a simulator running re-creations of the doomed flights," and "even knowing what was going to happen," he struggled to save the planes. Pilots new to the 737 Max weren't even required to do a simulator run, instead learning about the new guidance system on an iPad.

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