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737 MAX flights now pushed to December

American Airline Group Inc said  it is extending cancellations of Boeing 737 MAX flights through December 3 but remains confident that the aircraft will be approved to fly again this year following new software and pilot training.

The fast-selling 737 MAX has been grounded worldwide since mid-March while Boeing updates flight control software at the centre of two fatal crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia that together killed 346 people within a span of five months.

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