Boeing’s 737 Max resumed passenger flights in the United States for the first time on Tuesday after a 20-month safety ban was lifted last month.
American Airlines Flight 718 departed Miami around 10:40 a.m., bound for New York’s LaGuardia and is scheduled to land soon after 1 p.m.
American and planemaker Boeing have sought to reassure the public over the plane’s safety after it was cleared by US regulators in November to resume flights.
The flight was observed by two media helicopters to the airport’s north. It headed north into broken clouds.
“This aircraft is ready to go,” American president Robert Isom said at a media briefing in Miami before the flight. The airline is confident in the safety of the 737 Max, he added.
