The release of a detailed map that plots the Boeing 737 MAX’s return to airline service in at least some jurisdictions and the addition of a third 777-9 to that program’s flight-test regime offered two rare bits of positive news amid both the company’s own crisis and the global airline industry’s historic downturn.

The FAA laid out its most detailed blueprint to date on what Boeing and 737 MAX operators must do to return their grounded aircraft to service in the U.S.

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