Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (National Civil Aviation Agency/ANAC) has become the second regulatory agency to reauthorize operation of the Boeing 737 MAX, withdrawing the emergency airworthiness directive that restricted use of the model on Wednesday. ANAC announced that it has chosen to adopt the airworthiness directive (PDF) issued by the FAA last week, which calls for changes including modifications to the aircraft’s maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS) and a revised pilot training program. Currently, the only Brazilian airline whose fleet includes MAX aircraft is GOL Linhas Aéreas.
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