Russia Might Suspend Airworthiness Certificate For Boeing 737

Boeing 737 might just lose its airworthiness certificate in Russia by the federal agency of air transport.

Boeing Corporation is about to lose the airworthiness certificate for its bestselling jet, 737 in Russia by the Federal Agency of Air Transport. The airplane maker famous jet is causing safety concerns that are coming from airlines in Russia that fly the product. A request has been received to take away 737’s flying certificate by Artyom Kiryonov, who is a Russian Civic Chamber chairman.

It seems that the aerospace company bestselling product is not all glitters and gold for Russia’s aviation and airlines industry. The safety concerns have reached the peak due to the plane crash incident that took place while flying the company’s 737-800 by FlyDubai. It crashed at Rostov-on-Dov airport in Russia on March 19.

Regulatory officials are going to be working together with the International Air Transport Association and Boeing Co., so that the safety policies and standards are reviewed. It does not end here; the aerospace giant has also been requested to provide technical insight regarding the aircraft, specifically the data regarding its rudders.

This is not the first time Boeing is under a situation of this kind. The IAC also made a request in the past to stop the 737s from being used in November, which led to an investigation to check the jets rudders. This happened right after plane crash took place in 2013, while flying the 737 by Tarastan Airlines.

The recent crash took place when FlyDubai was supposed to land at an airport in Russia, it waited for two hours to make the landing due to unfavorable weather conditions, after making two attempts to land, with the second one leading to a crash. 55 Russian and 7 crewmembers lost their lives from the crash, however this was the first crash of the airlines, luckily for both the parties for now, and the cause of the crash is still a mystery. FlyDubai on the other hand has taken the decision to avoid Boeing products from now on.

If the airworthiness certificate is lost , Boeing might face a huge loss, as it already has received many orders for its 737s, which are scheduled to be delivered next years. If the company receives the unfortunate news of cancellation of these orders, things might get very bad for its business.

Russian companies are going to return the airplane maker’s 737s older version. The timing is horrible for this to happen as the company is making attempts to get rid of the older version of this supposedly faulty product, according to Russia.