Title: Is the Boeing 737 MAX safe to fly? – The Higher Flyer
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Is the Boeing 737 MAX safe to fly?
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Content: This accident, considered in the context of the preceding one, triggered an international aviation crisis. The aircraft was grounded pretty much everywhere within a matter of days in March 2019. Boeing has been struggling in the near-two years since and it’s been in a constant state of damage control too; its reputation is in shambles. It delayed its next-generation 777 project and it halted 737 MAX production while it tried to figure out why its planes would inexplicably dive back to Earth. A series of investigations meanwhile revealed a culture of gross negligence throughout all levels of the company AND the United States’s regulatory agency, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The manufacturer ultimately bears culpability for the 346 people who died in the two crashes, and it’s been paying billions of dollars worth of fines (including one as punishment for fraud conspiracy) and settlements as a way to atone for its grave failures. Some grounded 737 MAXs awaiting to re-enter service. The image is courtesy of SounderBruce, who shared it; accessed on Wikipedia.