Regulators Knew before Crashes that 737 MAX Trim Control was Confusing April 1, 2019 By Jamie Freed SINGAPORE — U.S. and European regulators knew at least two years before a Lion Air crash that the usual method...
Boeing Crash Probe Points to Faulty Anti-Stall System, WSJ Says March 29, 2019 By Angus Whitley and Tara Patel The stall-prevention system on a Boeing Co. 737 Max jet automatically switched on before the plane crashed in Ethiopia this...
Boeing Sued by Passenger Killed in Ethiopian Airlines Crash March 29, 2019 By Peter Blumberg and Janan Hanna Boeing Co. was sued on behalf of a passenger killed in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight over claims...
Indonesian Airline Cancels Boeing 737 Max Order as Airline Plans Retrofit March 22, 2019 By Cindy Silviana and Terje Solsvik AKARTA/OSLO — Indonesian airline Garuda plans to cancel a $6 billion order for Boeing 737 MAX jets, it said on...
Lion Air Crash Sheds Light on Cockpit Automation’s Dark Side December 4, 2018 By Alan Levin As Boeing Co. was developing its latest version of the 737 airliner, it discovered the design was slightly more prone...
Report: Faulty Lion Air Sensor Not Repaired Before Crash November 30, 2018 By Harry Suhartono, Alan Levin and Julie Johnsson A malfunctioning sensor at the center of the investigation into the Oct. 29 crash of a Lion Air jetliner into...
Lion Air Pilots Battled Confusing Warnings Before Crash November 27, 2018 By Alan Levin and Harry Suhartono The Lion Air pilots whose plane nosedived into the Java Sea in October, killing all those aboard, were battling multiple...
Lack of Tools Hinders Search For Crashed Jet’s Cockpit Recorder November 16, 2018 By Harry Suhartono A delay in securing equipment needed to find recordings of the pilots’ final conversations on the doomed Lion Air jet...
Travelers Have Options When Researching Safety of Foreign Airlines November 16, 2018 By DAVID KOENIG International air travel has become remarkably safe in recent years, with deadly accidents like last month’s Lion Air crash in...