Boeing 737 MAX
Controversial narrow-body jet
The Boeing 737 MAX is a narrow-body commercial aircraft, the fourth generation of Boeing's 737 line.
Two crashes in 2018 and 2019—Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302—killed 346 people and led to a worldwide grounding that lasted nearly two years.
Investigations revealed flawed flight-control software and inadequate pilot training.
The MAX has become shorthand for corporate negligence and regulatory failure: Boeing's 737 MAX crisis cost the company billions.
- groundedStable and realistic
- crashSudden violent impact
- EthiopiaHorn of Africa nation
- angle of attackWing-to-airflow orientation
- flight controlAircraft maneuvering system
design flaw · aviation · Airbus · cockpit · flight deck · pilots · emergency landing · FAA · safety · pilot training · turbofan · production line · fuselage · runway · altitude · Seattle · throttle · nosedive
- airlinersairliners, Boeing 747, Boeing 777, Boeing 787, passenger jet
- disastersdisaster, earthquake, earthquakes, catastrophe, floods
Boeing 737 MAXAirbus A380
Largest commercial passenger aircraft
Boeing 747 · Boeing 777 · jumbo jet · Boeing 767 · airworthy
Boeing 737 MAXpropeller aircraft
Plane powered by spinning blades
DC-3 · Wright Flyer · biplane