737 MAX jets

Boeing executives defend safety decisions on 737 MAX development

Leverkuhn defended the decision to tie a new safety system on the MAX, called MCAS, to a single sensor that has been implicated in both fatal crashes. Boeing has since agreed to use data from two separate sensors when the plane returns to service, which could come as early as this year.

Sep 13, 2020, 09:28 AM IST

Boeing suffers $1 billion hit from 737 Max crisis, abandons 2019 financial outlook

The world`s largest planemaker is facing one of the biggest crises in its 103-year history following the disasters on Lion Air in Indonesia on Oct. 29 and another on Ethiopian Airlines on March 10, which together killed all 346 on board. 

Apr 25, 2019, 08:21 AM IST