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Boeing to make $50M in payments to 737 MAX crash victims' families

David Shepardson, Reuters
Posted at Jul 18 04:03 PM

Boeing Co said on Wednesday it would dedicate half of a $100 million fund it created after two crashes of its 737 MAX planes to provide payments to families of those killed, with veteran US compensation expert Ken Feinberg hired by the world's largest plane maker to oversee the distribution. Read more »

Boeing apologizes for 737 MAX crashes as Paris Air Show opens

Joseph Schmid, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 18 08:49 AM

The US aerospace giant is battling to regain the trust of passengers, pilots and regulators after a 737 operated by Indonesia's Lion Air flight crashed last October, followed by an Ethiopian Airlines jet in March. Read more »

Boeing CEO keeps job intact after facing questions on 737 MAX crashes

Tracy Rucinski, Reuters
Posted at Apr 30 03:10 PM

Boeing Co-CEO and Chairman Dennis Muilenburg emerged with his job intact at an annual meeting on Monday and promised to win back the public's trust after facing tough questions in the wake of two fatal crashes of the 737 MAX plane. Read more »

How flawed software, excess speed doomed Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX

Tim Hepher, Eric M. Johnson and Jamie Freed, Reuters
Posted at Apr 08 08:10 AM

A complicated picture of what happened in the cockpit of Flight 302 on March 10 is emerging from the sparse commentary of a preliminary report and a new data plot showing how crew and technology interacted. Read more »

Boeing cutting 737 MAX production in wake of 2 deadly crashes

Tracy Rucinski and Eric M. Johnson, Reuters
Posted at Apr 06 06:14 AM

CHICAGO/SEATTLE - Boeing Co plans to cut its monthly 737 production by nearly 20 percent as it works to manage the grounding of its MAX aircraft in the wake of 2 deadly crashes, Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg said on Friday. Read more »

Ethiopia inquiry shows Boeing MAX hurtling uncontrolled to disaster

Jason Neely, Reuters
Posted at Apr 05 08:24 AM

Three times the captain, Yared Getachew, cried "pull up", before the Boeing Co plane plunged into a field six minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa, killing all 157 passengers and crew, said the report by Ethiopian investigators. Read more »

US airlines sending teams to review Boeing 737 MAX upgrade this weekend

Tracy Rucinski, Reuters
Posted at Mar 23 12:29 PM

The 3 US airlines that own Boeing Co's 737 MAX are meeting the US manufacturer this weekend to review a software upgrade for the jet that has suffered 2 fatal crashes in 5 months, officials from the airlines told Reuters. Read more »

Boeing to mandate safety feature in MAX software upgrade - sources

Cindy Silviana and Tracy Rucinski, Reuters
Updated as of Mar 22 04:12 PM

The safety feature is expected to be offered as part of a software update to the MAX fleet that was grounded in the wake of the Ethiopian Airlines crash, said the officials who asked not to be identified. Read more »

Boeing reshuffles top engineers as 737 MAX crisis rages

Eric M. Johnson, Reuters
Posted at Mar 20 09:37 AM

The management reshuffle comes as Europe and Canada said they would seek their own guarantees over the safety of Boeing's 737 MAX, further complicating plans to get the aircraft flying worldwide after they were grounded in the wake of crashes that killed more than 300 people. Read more »

Boeing: 737 MAX certification followed US rules

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 19 08:21 AM

Boeing and regulators face increased examination over the stall prevention system, the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System or MCAS, which authorities have said was likely a factor in deadly crashes in Indonesia in October, while the crash in Ethiopia earlier this month showed similarities. Read more »

Boeing finalizing software upgrade, revising pilot training for 737 Max

Tracy Rucinski, Reuters
Posted at Mar 18 08:42 AM

The updates are intended to address how the aircraft's flight control system - MCAS (Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System) - responds to erroneous sensor inputs, the planemaker said. Read more »

Ethiopian Airlines black boxes show similarities to Lion Air crash - ministry

Maggie Fick and Tim Hepher, Reuters
Posted at Mar 18 08:40 AM

Ethiopia said on Sunday the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that killed 157 people had "clear similarities" with October's Lion Air crash, according to initial analysis of the black boxes recovered from the wreckage of the March 10 disaster. Read more »

Identifying Ethiopia crash victims may take 6 months: airline

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 16 11:14 PM

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Identifying the remains of the 157 people killed in an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash may take up to six months, the airline said in a document seen by AFP on Saturday.  Read more »

Plane crash probe has begun in Paris: Ethiopian Airlines

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 15 06:08 PM

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - An investigation has begun in Paris into the cause of last week's crash of a Nairobi-bound Boeing jet which killed all 157 passengers and crew, Ethiopian Airlines said Friday.   Read more »

Canadian family loses 3 generations in Ethiopian plane crash

Reuters
Posted at Mar 14 04:57 AM

TORONTO - Three generations of a Canadian family were among the 157 people who perished when Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 crashed on Sunday, a relative confirmed on Wednesday. Read more »

More nations, airlines grounding Boeing's 737 MAX

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 13 11:59 PM

PARIS - A number of countries have banned Boeing's 737 MAX 8 medium-haul workhorse jet from their airspace in response to the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed all 157 people on board.   Read more »

US says Boeing 737 MAX 8 airworthy but will make design changes

David Shepardson, Reuters
Updated as of Mar 12 06:31 AM

WASHINGTON - The United States told international carriers on Monday that the Boeing 737 MAX 8 is airworthy as regulators scrutinize 2 fatal crashes of the new model of aircraft since October, but said it will mandate forthcoming "design changes" from Boeing by April. Read more »

Indonesia temporarily grounds Boeing 737 MAX 8 after Ethiopia crash

Kyodo News
Posted at Mar 11 10:05 PM

Air Transportation Director General Polana Pramesti said in a press statement that the action was taken to guarantee air safety in Indonesia.   Read more »

Ethiopian Airlines grounds its Boeing 737 MAX 8 fleet

Aaron Maasho, Reuters
Posted at Mar 11 03:14 PM

Ethiopian Airlines has a fleet of four 737 MAX 8 jets, excluding the one that crashed on Sunday, according to flight tracking website FlightRadar24. Read more »

China orders its airlines to suspend use of Boeing 737 Max

Josh Horwitz and John Ruwitch, Reuters
Posted at Mar 11 10:58 AM

China's aviation regulator said on Monday it had ordered Chinese airlines to suspend their Boeing Co 737 MAX aircraft operations by 6 p.m. following a deadly crash of a 737 MAX 8 operated by Ethiopian Airlines. Read more »