Boeing 737 MAX

Boeing 737 MAX

If Congress doesn’t mandate Boeing 737 MAX safety retrofits, Europe will

A Boeing737 Max 10 at the Farnborough International Airshow in the UK in July. Boeing needs Congress to relax a legal deadline to get this final and largest MAX model certified. A politically fraught debate has opened up over whether certain added safety upgrades should be required. In Europe, those will be required in any case. (Jason Alden / Bloomberg)
A Boeing737 Max 10 at the Farnborough International Airshow in the UK in July. (Jason Alden / Bloomberg)

Even if Congress doesn't force U.S. airlines to retrofit two safety upgrades to their Boeing 737 MAX fleets, European regulators will do so for carriers in Europe

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Boeing pushed FAA to relax 737 MAX certification requirements for crew alerts

The nose section of a 737 MAX, framed by the wingtips of neighboring 737s, have their engines, landing gear, and front nose sensors protected from the weather at the Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake Washington. Nearly 200 completed Boeing 737 MAX airplanes, built for airlines worldwide, are currently parked at his Eastern Washington airport. In March 2019, aviation authorities around the world grounded the passenger airliner after two separate crashes. Photographed on November 13, 2019. 212113 212113

FAA saw high risk of crashes, but let Boeing 737 MAX keep flying

Two tragic flights, 12 problems on the Boeing 737 MAX

A row of Boeing 737 MAXs are parked along Lake Washington behind the 737 plant in Renton. Photographed on March 13, 2019 209611 209611

Flawed analysis, failed oversight: How Boeing and FAA certified the suspect 737 MAX flight control system

Throttle controls are seen in the cockpit of a grounded Lion Air Boeing Co. 737 Max 8 aircraft at terminal 1 of Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Cenkareng, Indonesia, on Tuesday, March 15, 2019. Sunday’s loss of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737, in which 157 people died, bore similarities to the Oct. 29 crash of another Boeing 737 Max plane, operated by Indonesia’s Lion Air, stoking concern that a feature meant to make the upgraded Max safer than earlier planes has actually made it harder to fly. Photographer: Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg 775315808

Why Boeing’s emergency directions may have failed to save 737 MAX

A Boeing 737 Max 8 sits behind the Boeing 737 Renton factory waiting for engines. The Angle of attack (AOA) instrument of the 737 MAX, is the bottom piece of equipment below just below the cockpit windshield. Photographed on March 13, 2019 209611 209611

Lack of redundancies on Boeing 737 MAX system baffles some involved in developing the jet

Samya Rose Stumo was in Africa to work on a health initiative of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. (Courtesy of the Stumo Family)

‘Why did our daughter fall out of the sky?’ Boeing 737 MAX tragedies leave anguish, anger, lots of questions

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