Boeing 737 Max 8

Boeing agreed Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021, to pay a mere $243.6 million fine to settle criminal conspiracy charges, plus compensation to victims families and airline customers, ending a roughly two-year investigation conducted by the U.S. Justice Department, but the families who lost loved ones saw little justice in this rushed criminal settlement process that excluded them. Government officials said Boeing employees concealed information about its 737 Max airplane that was involved in two crashes that claimed…

Families of victims of the Boeing crash of a 737 Max in Ethiopia continue to warn the public about the lack of safety protocols and the flawed design of the aircraft that is set to take its first commercial flight on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020 following the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) recent approval to return the aircraft to service in the United States. Families who lost loved ones in the second crash involving this defective…

The Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) announced on Thursday, 12/17/2020 that the approval of design changes to the Boeing 737 MAX in a first step toward bringing the aircraft back to that country’s skies after a near two-year flight ban. The 737 MAX was grounded in March 2019 following two tragic crashes of the new aircraft that killed 346 people due to defects in the plane’s design and other major deficiencies. The Canadian regulator, however,…

By John V. Kalantzis and Tracy A. Brammeier The crashes of Lion Air flight JT610 in October 2018 and Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 in March 2019, both Boeing 737 MAX planes, were initiated by a single malfunctioning sensor, which led to the pilots fighting a new flight control system that forced the planes into a deadly nosedive minutes after takeoff causing the deaths of 346 people. That system utilized software called the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation…

Boeing and American Airlines will be hosting a 737 MAX 8 marketing event on Wednesday, December 2, 2020, that involves flying reporters and videographers on the aircraft. The MAX fleet was grounded for 20 months following two crashes of the dangerous plane that killed 346 people in two separate crashes within five months. Reporters will be flown round trip from Dallas, Texas, to Tulsa, Oklahoma, during this marketing event. Families of victims of the Boeing…

For more than a year, ABC News has been working on getting the story behind the two crashes of a new Boeing aircraft, the MAX, that killed 346 people. It culminated in a two-hour documentary, “Falling From the Sky,” that aired on ABC Friday, November 27, 2020. More than three million people viewed the genesis of two new aircraft crashing, and Boeing’s profit-seeking culture that led to these avoidable tragedies. Robert A. Clifford was a…

Two family members who lost loved ones in the crash in Ethiopia of the Boeing 737 MAX are testifying Tuesday, November 24, 2020 before the House of Commons’ Standing Committee of Transport, Infrastructure and Community. Paul Njoroge, who lost his wife, three small children, and his mother-in-law, and Chris Moore, who lost his 24-year-old daughter, are testifying regarding the ungrounding of the dangerous Boeing 737 MAX that killed 157 people on March 10, 2019. Canadian…

Families of Victims of Boeing Crash Fear the FAA’s Ungrounding of 737 MAX is Premature and Could Lead to Third Crash; Authorities Haven’t Even Released Final Investigative Report of Ethiopian Crash Families of victims of the Boeing crash of a 737 Max in Ethiopia reacted with sheer disappointment and renewed grief following the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) decision today to return the aircraft to service. Families who lost loved ones in the second crash involving…

Ralph Nader, the uncle of Samya Rose Stumo who was killed in the Boeing 737 Max 8 crash in 2019, wrote a letter asking the FAA head to end secrecy as ungrounding of the 737 Max looms. Read the letter here.