Is it safe to fly on Boeing 737 MAX 8?

Safety Concerns It was known that there were issues with the flight crew's knowledge of the anti-stall system in the aircraft, but the 737 MAX continued to operate until early March 2019, when a second deadly crash occurred in Ethiopia. All 154 passengers were killed in the deadly incident.



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Both the Federal Aviation Administration and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency have approved the MAX as safe to fly passengers. EASA insists Boeing must make it safer still.

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Aug 23 (Reuters) - Boeing (BA. N) has recently identified a new 737 MAX quality problem involving supplier Spirit AeroSystems (SPR. N) that has resulted in improperly drilled holes on the aft pressure bulkhead, the planemaker said on Wednesday.

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An FAA official said the analysis suggested that there was a 25% chance of an accident in 60 days if no changes were made to the planes.

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After manufacturing issues led to two incidents in 2019, the Boeing 737 MAX was grounded across the world. In 2021, after rigorous testing, Civil Aviation Authorities in many places in the world cleared the Boeing 737 MAX to fly again, including the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, Brazil, and the EU.

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The single-aisle market benefits from the Boeing 737 MAX's increased efficiency, improved environmental performance, and increased passenger comfort. The type delivers outstanding economics, decreasing fuel use and pollutants by 20% while producing a 50% smaller noise footprint than the aircraft it replaces.

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Fear not, weary traveler—the now infamous Boeing 737 MAX has been cleared for takeoff. The intense scrutiny the aircraft has faced and the updates it has received as a result of investigations following two fatal crashes will undoubtedly make the MAX safer to fly than ever before.

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The Boeing 737 MAX aircrafts are returning to the skies. If there is an aircraft that you want to avoid it is this one. The 737MAX has been responsible for the deaths of 346 people in 2 separate plane accidents.

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The move away from the MAX name has been a subtle process and Boeing has begun to use the name 737 MAX and 737-8(7 through 10) interchangeably. This way they are transitioning away from the MAX name toward the normal naming convention of modern Boeing aircraft.

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There are some subtler hints as well, like the fact the tail cone on the MAX is longer than the last 737s and the wider engines onboard. The winglets are another giveaway, but it can be hard to differentiate, given 737NGs can also come with them.

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Pilots want to fly. There is not a single one who is afraid of the Max. They have been very vocal and angry, less that a fixable and defective avionic was put on board but that they were not given sufficient information to accommodate the seemingly random element introduced.

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WASHINGTON, April 10 (Reuters) - Boeing Co (BA. N) intends to restore production of its bestselling 737 MAX jet to its 2019 rate of 52 a month by January 2025 as it seeks to fully recover from two deadly crashes and the COVID-19 pandemic that curtailed output, two people familiar with the matter said.

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The crash rate (crashes per million flight miles) of the 737 Max is 44 times higher than that of the 737-600/700/800/900 series.

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