Boeing’s Newest Version of the 737 Max Makes First Flight

Boeing’s Newest Version of the 737 Max Makes First Flight
The final version of the 737 MAX, the MAX 10, passes other 737 MAX planes as it takes off from Renton Airport in Renton, Wash., on June 18, 2021. Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times via AP, Pool
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SEATTLE—Boeing’s newest version of the 737 Max jetliner completed its first test flight Friday in a move that the company hopes will signal improving fortunes for its most important plane.

A few hundred employees watched the plane take off from Renton, Washington. As is typical for a first test flight of a new plane, the only people on board were the two pilots, Jennifer Henderson and Jim Webb.