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TopicBoeing 737 MAX

Topic: Boeing 737 MAX

Aviation insiders told Boeing new aircraft has safety flaws

A 2017 report by three unions representing aviation safety inspectors said that new version of the Boeing 737 Max was approved with a vulnerable flight-control system and flaws in its fuel tank.

Not just Jet Airways, this is how India’s booming civil aviation sector went bust

In 6 months, Jet Airways has gone under, air fares have risen, passenger traffic growth has plateaued, and hundreds of aircraft are grounded. What went wrong?

Boeing sends 737 Max to brand rehab as it plans for a comeback

Apart from necessary software and technical fixes, Boeing also needs to work on rebuilding customer and investor faith as it looks to overcome two fatal crashes that killed 346 people.

Boeing’s 737 Max defence is a textbook mess

With Boeing not having informed pilots about the new automated feature, its main defence in the 2 crashes that killed 346 people boils down to quibbling about the meaning of the term safety feature.

Boeing says it didn’t intentionally deactivate alert on 737 max

The disclosure adds a new mystery about the design of Boeing’s best-selling jet, which has been grounded after Ethiopian Airlines’ March 10 crash.

No one knows when 737 Max will take flight again, not even Boeing

Boeing says it’s making progress on finding a fix to its fatally problematic anti-stall flight-control software system, but it has no timeline.

US regulator sees no need for new Boeing 737 Max simulator training

The proposal by an FAA board stops short of requiring costly simulator training as it could complicate the grounded 737 Max aircraft's return to service.

Ethiopia report says Boeing Max plunged on its own despite pilots following procedure

The crashed Boeing 737 Max appeared normal on takeoff but soon suffered repeated uncommanded nose-down, Ethiopia's transport minister said.

Boeing will find it harder to explain itself in the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines plane crashes

A Wall Street Journal report revealed that the Ethiopian Airlines pilots followed Boeing’s instructions in case the MCAS anti-stall software malfunctions. But the 737 Max plane crashed anyway.

Boeing says it needs more time to complete 737 Max software fix

The delay in Boeing's fix for the grounded 737 fleet bodes poorly for investors banking on the airline to quickly getting its single-aisle workhorse back in the air.

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Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

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The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.