The request from the carrier, Garuda Indonesia, is the first publicly confirmed attempt to cancel a Max 8 order since the deadly crash in Ethiopia this month.
Tag: Boeing 737 Max Groundings and Safety Concerns (2019)
Lion Air Crash Families Say They Were Pressured to Sign No-Suit Deal
After the new 737 Max 8 jet went down in Indonesia, relatives of the victims say the airline is trying to buy their silence with a deal that also protected Boeing.
Doomed Boeing Jets Lacked 2 Safety Features That Company Sold Only as Extras
Airlines had to pay more for two optional upgrades that could warn pilots about sensor malfunctions. Boeing now plans to make one of the features standard.
Ethiopian Airlines Had a Max 8 Simulator, but Pilot on Doomed Flight Didn’t Receive Training On It
While Ethiopian Airlines was among the first to install the Boeing 737 Max 8 simulator, the captain of Flight 302 had not trained on the simulator.
Ethiopian Airlines Installed Max 8 Simulator, but Pilot on Doomed Flight Didn’t Get Training
While Ethiopian Airlines was among the first to install the Boeing 737 Max 8 simulator, the captain of Flight 302 had not trained on the simulator.
Confusion, Then Prayer, in Cockpit of Doomed Lion Air Jet
Indonesian investigators described the sounds emanating from the cockpit as the flight crew fought to take control of a plane that seemed almost magnetically propelled toward earth.
Can Ethiopia’s Long Love Affair With Boeing Survive the 737 Max Crash?
The manufacturer is so revered in the country, planes are often referred to as “Boeings.” The Max 8 crash may change all that.
In Ethiopia, a Day of Mourning With Empty Coffins for Plane Crash Victims
Families have no bodies to bury because the 157 victims died in a fiery explosion when Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 hurtled to the ground near Addis Ababa.
New Evidence in Ethiopian 737 Crash Points to Connection to Earlier Disaster
A piece of equipment found at the crash site suggests that the jet may have had a problem with a new flight-control system that is also suspected in the Lion Air crash.
Boeing Promised Pilots a 737 Software Fix Last Year, but They’re Still Waiting
This delay is now part of the intense scrutiny over the company’s response to two deadly crashes involving its best-selling 737 Max jet.