More than 300 Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 passenger jets around the world have be...
- More than 300 Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 passenger jets around the world have been taken out of service following two fatal crashes over the past five months in Ethiopia and Indonesia that killed almost 350 people combined.
The causes of both crashes are still under investigation. One of the biggest unanswered questions: Was the plane’s software to blame?- Satellite data gathered from the Ethiopian Airlines flight and evidence from the crash site showed similarities with the accident in Indonesia, which prompted the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to ground all Boeing MAX jets in service.
- Following the Lion Air crash in Indonesia in October, Boeing said it was preparing a software upgrade for the jets. After the Ethiopia crash, the company said it would deploy that upgrade across the fleet “in the coming weeks.”
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