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After two fatal Boeing 737 Max 9 crashes in 2018 and 2019 that killed 346 people, a panel was directed by Congress to review Boeing’s safety management processes.
The Boeing 737 MAX passenger airliner was grounded worldwide between March 2019 and December 2020, and again in 2024, after 346 people died in two similar crashes in less than five months: Lion Air Flight 610 on October 29, 2018, and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on March 10, 2019.
Downfall: The Case Against Boeing is a 2022 American documentary film directed by Rory Kennedy. [1] Interviewing relevant people and featuring archival footage, the documentary looks into the events throughout the history of the aircraft manufacturer company Boeing that led to the crashes of two 737 MAX planes and occurring within a short time span, as well as its subsequent investigation.
A judge rejected Boeing's plea deal with US prosecutors over 737 Max crashes. The deal involved Boeing pleading guilty to fraud and paying a $243.6 million fine. Boeing previously agreed to a $2.5 ...
A Texas judge has rejected the plea deal between Boeing and the Department of Justice in which the aircraft manufacturing giant agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States ...
The 737 MAX's primary competitor is Airbus's bestseller aircraft, the A320neo. The A320neo continued to win orders in the wake of the Boeing 737 MAX grounding, booking over US$11 billion in orders, [84] with additional orders from airlines that are either canceling their 737 MAX orders altogether, or reducing quantities. [85]
“Boeing, for its part, has accepted responsibility for the Max crashes, publicly and in civil litigation, because the design of (a feature on the Max) contributed to those accidents.”
On 29 October 2018, the Boeing 737 MAX 8 operating the route, carrying 181 passengers and 8 crew members, crashed into the Java Sea 13 minutes after takeoff, killing all 189 occupants on board. It was the first major accident and hull loss of a 737 MAX, a then recently introduced aircraft. It is the deadliest accident involving the Boeing 737.