The airline Ethiopian Airlines operated a commercial flight with the machine type Boeing 737 Max on Tuesday after a long time. The crashes at Lion Air and at this carrier led to a global flight ban that has still not been lifted in some states.

Ethiopian Airlines initially left open whether the Boeing 737 Max will ever be used again. However, this type of machine was quickly recognized, but in direct comparison with other operators, there was significantly more time for reuse. Due to the tragic history of this type, the North African state's aviation authority checked it particularly carefully. You didn't just rely on the results of other authorities, but also put them through their paces yourself.

Even Ethiopian Airlines did not put the Boeing 737 Max back into service "just like that", but today's event was preceded by enormous hard work by technicians, engineers and pilots. This operator left absolutely nothing to chance, but tested, checked and trained to the best of his knowledge and ability.

On Tuesday the time had come, because Ethiopian Airlines carried out the first commercial scheduled flight since the grounding of this type of aircraft. On board were the carrier's senior management, government and embassy officials, and representatives from Boeing. Of course, “normal” passengers were also present.