An American Airlines' Boeing 737 Max 8. Both airlines have proved that the Max is safe but winning back customer confidence and being proactively transparent will go further than being That showed that the smaller 737 MAX variants (the 737-7, 737-8, and 737-8-200) account for 78% of the type's unfilled orders, compared with just 22% for the larger 737-9 and 737-10 models. The 16 hours ago · First published on Thu 11 Jan 2024 12.48 EST. Boeing is facing a formal investigation into whether it made sure 737 Max 9 planes were “in a condition for safe operation” after a cabin panel 6 days ago · Boeing faces new scrutiny about the safety of its best-selling plane after federal officials announced the temporary grounding of some Boeing 737 Max planes on Saturday, following a harrowing The 737 MAX gained FAA certification on March 8, 2017, and in the same month was approved by EASA on March 27, 2017. After completing 2,000 test flight hours and 180-minute ETOPS testing requiring 3,000 simulated flight cycles in April 2017, CFM International notified Boeing of a possible manufacturing quality issue with low pressure turbine In October 2018, a Lion Air MAX 8 crashed with the loss of all 189 passengers and crew. This accident was followed by the loss of an Ethiopian Airlines MAX 8 in March 2019 with the loss of a further 157 lives. Both crashes were caused by issues involving the flight control computers installed on the new MAX 8 that the FAA had certified as safe. 5 days ago · The safety of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 has been a topic of concern and controversy since the tragic crashes of Lion Air Flight 610 in October 2018 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 in March 2019. These devastating accidents claimed the lives of 346 people, resulting in the grounding of all MAX 8 aircraft worldwide. 4 days ago · Alaska Airlines had grounded all its 737 Max 9 planes Friday pending inspections, with plans to resume flights once the planes were deemed safe. The FAA estimated that the inspections would take oMk3E.