Who was blamed for 737 MAX?

Boeing admits full responsibility for 737 Max plane crash in Ethiopia. Boeing has admitted full responsibility for the second crash of its 737 Max model in Ethiopia, in a legal agreement with families of the 157 victims. Lawyers for the families said it was a “significant milestone” for families to achieve justice.



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Boeing pleads not guilty to fraud charge related to 737 Max deadly crashes A top executive entered the plea on behalf of the company in federal court in Texas Thursday, as relatives of those killed in two crashes push to overturn deal giving Boeing immunity.

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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 Boeing 737 MAX has had its fair share of troubles since it entered service but has been safely flying since December 2020, with hundreds of units in the sky every day.

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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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The accidents and grounding cost Boeing an estimated $20 billion in fines, compensation and legal fees, with indirect losses of more than $60 billion from 1,200 cancelled orders. The MAX resumed commercial flights in the U.S. in December 2020, and was recertified in Europe and Canada by January 2021.

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Instead, the FAA referred Fierce to its extensive work to reverse the grounding of the 737 MAX. and a 92-page preliminary summary of its findings in 2020. 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.

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

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Boeing has overhauled the plane's design and software, and paid billions of dollars to try and move past the incidents. But some experts say it remains to be seen if the company truly learned its lesson.

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One of the nation's best known airline pilots is speaking out on the problems with Boeing's 737 Max jetliner. Retired Capt. Chesley Sully Sullenberger told a congressional subcommittee Wednesday that an automated flight control system on the 737 Max was fatally flawed and should never have been approved.

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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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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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It agreed to pay $500 million to victims' beneficiaries as part of its broader $2.5 billion Justice Department settlement. It reached a $237.5 million settlement with shareholders over board oversight of 737 MAX issues.

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Boeing won immunity from criminal prosecution as part its $2.5 billion January 2021 Justice Department deferred prosecution agreement over a 737 MAX fraud conspiracy charge related to the plane's flawed design.

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As a result, Boeing agreed to establish a $500 million fund to compensate the families of those who died, pay a fine of nearly $244 million and pay $1.77 billion in compensation to airlines.

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This treaty stipulates that if an airline is found at fault for an accident, each affected passenger is to get a minimum value equal to 113,100 special drawing rights. This type of plane crash compensation currently equals approximately $170,000 per passenger.

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