Boeing 737 MAX departed Miami International Airport with 100 passengers aboard for the aircraft’s first U.S. commercial flight since faulty sensor readings contributed to two deadly crashes in 2019.
The American Airlines flight is scheduled to land at New York’s LaGuardia Airport around 1:30 p.m. Eastern, according to an airline spokeswoman.
The airline gave customers the chance to change flights if they were uncomfortable on the MAX.
Last month, the Federal Aviation Administration approved changes that Boeing made to an automated flight-control system implicated in crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia that killed 346 people in all.
In both crashes, the system pushed the nose down repeatedly based on faulty sensor readings, and pilots were unable to regain control.
Two other U.S. airlines also own the 737 MAX - United Airlines and Southwest and neither of which have added the plane to their schedule yet.
A Brazilian airline became the first carrier earlier this month to resume flights with the jet - followed by Aeromexico last week.
(The Associated Press contributed to this report.)
