Emirates, the largest customer of Boeing’s upcoming 777x aircraft, wants the plane to be put through “hell on Earth” in testing to ensure it is safe to fly and meets performance expectations, the president of the Gulf airline said on Tuesday. Tim Clark was speaking at the Dubai Airshow after meeting the head of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The testing and certification of aircraft has been under scrutiny after the grounding of Boeing’s 737 MAX jet following two fatal crashes, while problems with a number of models have led some airlines to accuse plane and engine …read more
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