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List of Boeing 737 MAX groundings
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The Boeing 737 MAX airliner, which began service in 2017, was involved in two fatal accidents, Lion Air Flight 610 on October 29, 2018, and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on March 10, 2019, that resulted from a malfunction of the aircraft's new flight stabilizing software,[1] the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS).
After the Ethiopian Airlines crash, China and most other civil aviation authorities grounded the airliner over safety concerns. Other jurisdictions, including the U.S., followed suit as new evidence revealed similarities between both crashes. The groundings were ordered despite Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg's public assurances that the airplane was safe and a phone conversation with President Trump in which he "reiterated to the President our position that the MAX aircraft is safe", according to a Boeing statement.[2] In response to increasing domestic and international pressure to take action,[3][4][5] the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounded the aircraft on March 13, 2019, reversing a Continued Airworthiness Notice issued two days prior.[6] About 30 MAX aircraft were flying in U.S. airspace at the time and were allowed to reach their destinations.[7] By March 18, every single Boeing 737 MAX plane (387 in total) had been grounded, which affected 8,600 weekly flights operated by 59 airlines across the globe.[8] Several ferry flights were operated with flaps extended to circumvent MCAS activation.
The grounding subsequently became the longest ever of a U.S. airliner.[9][10]
- ^ "Editorial: Why was the FAA so late to deplane from Boeing's 737 Max?". Los Angeles Times. 2019-03-14. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ^ Zeleny, Jeff; Schouten, Fredreka (2019-03-12). "Trump speaks to Boeing CEO following tweets on airline technology". CNN. Retrieved 2019-12-19.
- ^ Shih, Gerry (12 March 2019). "China's ban on the Boeing 737 Max inspires others, ramps up pressure on U.S. regulator". The Washington Post.
- ^ Frost, Natasha (13 March 2019). "The US is increasingly alone in not grounding the Boeing 737 Max". Quartz. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- ^ "U.S. Senate to hold crash hearing as lawmakers urge grounding Boeing 737 MAX 8". Reuters. March 12, 2019.
- ^ Kaplan, Thomas; Austen, Ian; Gebrekidan, Selam (2019-03-13). "U.S. Grounds Boeing Planes, After Days of Pressure". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-03-14.
- ^ "Boeing 737 Max 8 planes grounded after Ethiopian crash". CNN. March 13, 2019. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
- ^ Lu, Denise; Mccann, Allison; Wu, Jin; Lai, K.K. Rebecca (March 13, 2019). "From 8,600 Flights to Zero: Grounding the Boeing 737 Max 8". The New York Times. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
- ^ "List of global aircraft groundings in history". ASN News. 2019-03-14. Archived from the original on 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
- ^ Campbell, Darryl (October 23, 2019). "The 737 built Southwest, and the 737 Max could be its undoing". The Verge. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
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