China Clears Boeing 737 Max to Fly Again

China Clears Boeing 737 Max to Fly Again
China Southern Airlines Boeing 737 Max airplanes are parked at the edge of the tarmac at Urumqi Diwopu Interational Airport in Urumqi in western China, on April 21, 2021. Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo
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BEIJING—China’s aviation regulator cleared the Boeing 737 Max on Thursday to return to flight, with technical upgrades, more than two years after the plane was grounded worldwide following two fatal crashes.

China is the last major market where the Boeing 737 Max was awaiting approval after the United States allowed flights to resume in December 2020 and European Union regulators gave permission in January. Brazil and Canada have also given approval.