U.S.

Associated Press

The head of the Federal Aviation Administration, a former military and airline pilot, said Wednesday that he liked what he saw during a two-hour test flight of Boeing's revamped 737 Max jetliner, a key step as the agency considers whether to let the plane return to flight after two deadly crashes. Administrator Stephen Dickson said the FAA is “in the home stretch” of its review of the plane, but he vowed not to take short cuts and declined to set a deadline for a decision. The FAA said Dickson sat in the captain's seat during the flight, which took off from the former Boeing Field near Seattle with Boeing pilots also on board.