Boeing 737 MAX test plane takes off in China – Flightradar24

BEIJING / SYDNEY, Aug.11 (Reuters) – A Boeing Co (BN) 737 MAX test plane flew to China on Wednesday as the US automaker seeks to end a regulatory suspension of nearly two and a half years of the model in the key travel market.

Flightradar24 flight tracking website showed a 737 MAX 7 test plane taking off from Shanghai Pudong International Airport at 9:24 a.m. local time (1:24 a.m. GMT), with no destination listed.

The 737 MAX test plane left Seattle last week and arrived in Shanghai on August 7 after refueling stops in Honolulu and Guam. Reuters announced last week that it was due to make its first test flight in China on August 11 if all went well. Read more

Reporting by Stella Qiu in Beijing and Jamie Freed in Sydney; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman

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