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WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Boeing
verified late on Monday it is withdrawing a demand it made to the Federal Aviation Administration in 2015 looking for an exemption from a security requirement for its 737 MAX 7 that is waiting for accreditation.
Senator Tammy Duckworth, who chairs an air travel subcommittee, stated recently she opposed Boeing’s exemption demand that would “too soon permit the 737 MAX 7 to go into business service.”
She kept in mind the exemption Boeing had actually looked for “includes an anti-ice system that can get too hot and trigger the engine nacelle to disintegrate and fall off. This might produce fuselage-penetrating particles, which might threaten travelers in window seats behind the wing.”
Boeing stated late on Monday “while we are positive that the proposed time-limited exemption for that system follows recognized FAA procedures to make sure safe operation, we will rather integrate an engineering service that will be finished throughout the accreditation procedure.”
The FAA deferred remark to Boeing.
Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Sandra Maler
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