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Indonesia temporarily grounds Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes

Three Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes, the only ones Indonesia had, were grounded starting from January 6 until further notice
Published on Jan 08, 2024 04:51 pm IST

‘Too soon’ to let Boeing 737 MAX fly again, say families of Lion Air crash victims

Workers walk near a Boeing 737 Max 8 built for Southwest Airlines at Renton Municipal Airport on Wednesday.
Published on Nov 19, 2020 02:50 pm IST

Indonesia to ban air, sea travel till end-May

The announcement came as the holy month of Ramadan began in the world’s largest Muslim majority country, and the government has already banned citizens’ traditional annual exodus from the cities to the provinces during the holiday period.
Published on Apr 24, 2020 11:23 am IST

Why did Boeing’s warning on 737 Max fail to stop a second crash?

The Boeing 737 Max aircraft. It is the fourth generation model of the Boeing 737.
Updated on Mar 09, 2020 04:58 pm IST

Boeing finds ‘minor’ new 737 MAX software glitch

Boeing uncovered the new problem during a “technical review” last week.
Updated on Jan 19, 2020 02:31 am IST

Boeing completes year of turmoil with promise to Indonesia on 737 MAX crash

In their final report on Friday, Indonesian investigators highlighted design flaws in MCAS software while also revealing errors or confusion among crew and faulting airline operations.
Published on Oct 26, 2019 09:50 am IST

Boeing 737 MAX flight control system, a key factor in Lion Air crash

ndonesian investigators said that Boeing 737 MAX flight control system were key factors in the crash of a Lion Air jet last year.
Updated on Oct 23, 2019 04:19 pm IST

Indonesia blames 737 MAX design for Lion Air crash: Report

ndonesian investigators have found that design and oversight lapses played a key role in the fatal crash of a Boeing Co’s 737 MAX jet in October.
Updated on Sept 23, 2019 08:51 am IST

Long before Boeing 737 MAX crash, Ethiopian Air pilot warned of dangers

A Boeing 737 crashed in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. May 3, 2019 .
Published on May 29, 2019 12:03 pm IST

Husband killed in Boeing 737 Max air crash, wife sues airliner for $276 million

A French woman whose husband was killed in the March crash of a Boeing 737 MAX airliner in Ethiopia has filed a U.S. lawsuit against the planemaker seeking at least $276 million in damages
Updated on May 21, 2019 08:00 pm IST

Boeing acknowledges flaw in 737 MAX simulator software

Boeing acknowledged Saturday it had to correct flaws in its 737 MAX flight simulator software used to train pilots, after two deadly crashes involving the aircraft that killed 346 people.
Updated on May 19, 2019 06:28 pm IST

Boeing knew of 737 MAX safety system glitch year before deadly crash

FILE PHOTO: A Boeing 737 MAX 8 sits outside the hangar during a media tour of the Boeing 737 MAX at the Boeing plant in Renton, Washington December 8, 2015
Updated on May 06, 2019 10:55 am IST

Boeing says it didn’t intentionally deactivate alert on 737 Max

Boeing Co. acknowledged that a cockpit alert notifying pilots of a sensor malfunction linked to two fatal accidents wasn’t working as represented on every 737 Max.
Updated on Apr 30, 2019 11:49 am IST

Need greater scrutiny of aircraft safety by manufacturers and aviation regulators

The preliminary report on the investigation into the crash, released on April 4, said the crew followed procedures from Boeing, but could not stop the plane from repeatedly nose-diving and ultimately crashing, killing all 157 on board.
Updated on Apr 22, 2019 05:29 am IST

Boeing conducts final test flight of 737 MAX with software fix

Boeing conducts final test flight of 737 MAX with software fix
Published on Apr 18, 2019 01:18 pm IST

‘They treat us as Third World’: Lion Air co-founder hits out at Boeing

The co-founder of Indonesia’s Lion Air, one of two airlines that lost passengers and crew in recent crashes involving the 737 MAX, has lashed out at Boeing’s handling of the accidents as the potential business fallout from the jet’s grounding intensifies.
Updated on Apr 16, 2019 10:46 am IST

Six minutes to disaster: How Ethiopian Air’s pilots battled the Boeing 737 Max

But the Boeing Co. 737 Max wasn’t about to stall. Instead, a computer was getting erroneous readings from a sensor mounted like a weather vane on the jet’s nose. The
Updated on Apr 05, 2019 10:48 am IST

Investigators believe anti-stall system activated in Ethiopia crash: Report

People walk past a part of the wreckage at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town of Bishoftu, southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on March 10.
Updated on Mar 29, 2019 03:03 pm IST

Indonesia’s Garuda cancels 49-plane Boeing 737 order after crashes

Boeing 737 MAX airplanes pictured at the Boeing Renton Factory in Renton, Washington. Indonesia’s national carrier Garuda will call off a multi-billion-dollar order for 49 Boeing 737 Max 8 jets after two fatal crashes involving the plane, the company said Friday.
Updated on Mar 22, 2019 12:49 pm IST

Lion Air pilots searched for right checklist before crash: Investigators

An Indonesian National Transportation Safety Commission (KNKT) official examines a turbine engine from the Lion Air flight JT610 at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia, November 4, 2018.
Published on Mar 21, 2019 05:53 pm IST

Indonesia is interviewing the off-duty pilot aboard Lion Air flight

Lion Air's Boeing 737 Max 8 airplane is parked on the tarmac of Soekarno Hatta International airport near Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 15.
Updated on Mar 21, 2019 04:26 pm IST

Boeing 737 MAX to face first congressional hearing

More than 300 people perished in the two crashes of 737 MAX 8s that occurred shortly after takeoff in Indonesia in October and in Ethiopia earlier this month.
Updated on Mar 21, 2019 10:49 am IST

Pilot who hitched a ride saved Lion Air plane day before deadly crash

Lion Air's Boeing 737 Max 8 airplane is parked on the tarmac of Soekarno Hatta International airport near Jakarta, Indonesia, March 15.
Updated on Mar 20, 2019 07:04 pm IST

Black Box shows similarities between Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes

An Oromo man hired to assist forensic investigators walks by a pile of twisted airplane debris at the crash site of an Ethiopian airways operated Boeing 737 MAX aircraft on March 16, 2019 at Hama Quntushele village near Bishoftu in Oromia region. - A French investigation into the March 10 Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX crash that killed 157 passengers and crew opened on March 15 as US aerospace giant Boeing stopped delivering the top-selling aircraft. (Photo by TONY KARUMBA / AFP)
Updated on Mar 18, 2019 09:18 am IST

Crashed Ethiopian jet asked permission to climb quickly before vanishing: Report

An Oromo man hired to assist forensic investigators walks by a pile of twisted airplane debris at the crash site of an Ethiopian airways operated Boeing 737 MAX aircraft on March 16, 2019 at Hama Quntushele village near Bishoftu in Oromia region.
Updated on Mar 17, 2019 09:46 pm IST

Clue linking mysterious Boeing 737 Max disasters came from space

An American Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 flight from Los Angeles approaches for landing at Reagan National Airport shortly after an announcement was made by the FAA that the planes were being grounded by the United States in Washington, US on March 13.
Updated on Mar 14, 2019 06:55 pm IST

Ethiopia to send plane’s black box abroad, as grief grows

In this photo dated November 12, 2018, the actual Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 - Max 8 plane, that crashed Sunday.
Updated on Mar 13, 2019 03:35 pm IST

Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes will remain grounded until security clearance: China

Rescuers work at the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines flight crash near Bishoftu, or Debre Zeit, south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, March 11, 2019. A spokesman says Ethiopian Airlines has grounded all its Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft as a safety precaution, following the crash of one of its planes in which 157 people were killed. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene)
Updated on Mar 12, 2019 06:05 pm IST

Singapore grounds all Boeing 737 Max flights: Boeing update

Rescuers work at the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines flight crash near Bishoftu, or Debre Zeit, south of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, March 11, 2019. A spokesman says Ethiopian Airlines has grounded all its Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft as a safety precaution, following the crash of one of its planes in which 157 people were killed.
Updated on Mar 12, 2019 09:18 am IST