What did Boeing do after the 737 MAX crashes?

In response to the two deadly 737 MAX crashes, Boeing's Chief Aerospace Safety Officer Mike Delaney on Monday outlined how — beyond specific changes to its design practices and its manufacturing operations — the company's leadership aims to rebuild and improve its entire safety culture.



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In January 2021, the US charged Boeing with fraud. But the company was able to avoid going on trial, by agreeing to pay $2.5bn, including $500m to the families of those killed, and promising to tighten up its compliance procedures.

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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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Despite a healthy order book and recovery from the earlier grounding, the problems are not over for Boeing and the 737 MAX. Most notably, two of the 737 variants - the 737 MAX 7 and MAX 10 - are still to receive certification. These were given a lifeline in late 2022 with a certification waiver from US Congress.

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Both the Federal Aviation Administration and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency approved the MAX as safe to fly passengers.

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Despite the FlyersRights concerns, the FAA, Boeing and many pilots deem the 737 MAX safe to fly and many airlines have the plane in service. “I can say categorically that the 737 MAX product is safe,” then-acting FAA administrator Bill Nolen told members of the US Senate Commerce Committee in March.

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About Ryanair's Boeing 737 MAX 10s Ryanair revealed that its Boeing 737 MAX 10 aircraft will contain 228 seats each (21% more than its Boeing 737-800s). The Irish low-cost carrier will take delivery of these new, larger aircraft between 2027 and 2033.

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But the families sued, arguing that the agreement was a “sweetheart deal” made behind closed doors, and that under the Crime Victims Rights Act, they should have been allowed a seat at that table.

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Judge: Pain and terror felt by passengers before Boeing Max crashed can be considered. Families of passengers who died in the crash of a Boeing 737 Max in Ethiopia can seek damages for the pain and terror suffered by victims in the minutes before the plane flew nose-down into the ground, a federal judge has ruled.

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The airline can be sued for the wrongful death of the passenger. In general, the family can recover financial compensation, known as “damages,” for loss of support, and children can recover for loss of a parent's nurture, care and guidance.

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It reached a $237.5 million settlement with shareholders over board oversight of 737 MAX issues. The company also agreed to pay $200 million to resolve a Securities and Exchange Commission case related to alleged misleading statements after the crashes.

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After two fatal crashes that killed 346 people, the jet was grounded for 20 months starting in March 2019. Then a year later, the pandemic brought demand for flying and new aircraft to a near halt — sparking the cancellation of hundreds of jet orders and the pileup of losses for Boeing (BA).

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“If you could book a 737 500, and you find out it's a 737 MAX, technically they don't have to honor your request. … So you don't have a right to specify you are not going to go on a 737 MAX.”

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Nearly 1,000 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are currently active across the skies.

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According to experts, the model (737-800) is considered to be the safest aircraft ever made. The 737-800 belongs to the aviation giant's next-generation aircraft which also includes 600, 700, and 900.

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Preliminary investigations revealed serious flight control problems that traumatized passengers and crew on the aircraft's previous flight, as well as signs of angle-of-attack (AoA) sensor and other instrument failures on that and previous flights, tied to a design flaw involving the Maneuvering Characteristics ...

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Is it safe now? By endorsement of the FAA, Boeing and its pilots, the 737 MAX has been determined as safe to fly. But safe pilots fly planes safely and part of being a safe pilot is being well-trained and well-informed as to the full functionality of an aircraft's systems.

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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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