Two plane crashes in 2018 and 2019 involving the new Boeing 737 Max aircraft weren’t a result of one single issue, but instead were caused by the failures of Boeing staff, Boeing management, and the Federal Aviation Administration, according to a new 245-page report released Wednesday by the U.S. House…
After the first crash, of Lion Air in Indonesia in October 2018, people blamed poor maintenance and insufficient pilot training. When a second airliner, of Ethiopian Air, crashed in March 2019, similarities quickly transpired. There was no apparent external influence such as poor weather. Neither was there any interference with…
American Airlines said on Wednesday it expects its fleet of Boeing 737 Max jets to return to passenger service later than expected on Jan. 16, 2019, after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Department of Transportation (DOT) sign off on revisions intended to remedy flaws that led to the deaths…
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