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Topic: Lion Air

Off-duty pilot saved ‘diving’ Boeing 737 Max day before Indonesia crash that killed 189

The pilot is said to have known how to disable a malfunctioning flight-control system that allegedly caused the Lion Air flight to crash the next day

Black Box shows similarities in Lion Air, Ethiopian Boeing 737 Max crashes

Flight data recorders show 'clear similarities between Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 and Indonesian Lion Air Flight 610', Ethiopia's transport minister says.

Crash of two Boeing 737 Max flights puts aircraft automation under intense scrutiny

While automation has without doubt made commercial flying much safer, the man-versus-machine conundrum has been central to civil aviation for years

Boeing’s damage control over the 737 Max model will cost it billions

Following the Ethiopian Airlines crash, Boeing is working in a systems upgrade for the 737 Max fleet sitting idle across the world, and will also have to compensate airlines for flight disruptions.

Why Ethiopian Airlines crash has put the spotlight on Boeing’s most modern jets

For the second time in 5 months, a Boeing 737 Max 8, the company's latest variant of its 737 jets, has crashed in 'spine-chillingly' similar accidents.

Boeing suffers historic stock rout in global uproar over 737 Max

The global rush to halt flights is leaving Boeing & US FAA isolated a day after they expressed confidence in the jetliner’s airworthiness.

Boeing 737 Max jetliner still airworthy, says US aviation body despite second crash

The statement shows US regulators have no immediate intention of grounding the 737 Max 8 after this weekend’s crash that killed 157 people in Ethiopia.

Two Boeing 737 flights crash five months apart, raise doubts of possible link

Both the Ethiopian Airlines crash and last October’s Lion Air jet crash were of the same Boeing 737 Max make, and faced similar erratic flights before crashing.

Boeing 737 Max has gone from a bestseller to an aircraft with safety concerns

The Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and Lion Air crashes were two deadly incidents involved Boeing's 737 and claimed close to 350 lives.

Indonesia finds cockpit voice recorder of the crashed Lion Air jet

The recovery of the voice recorder might help investigators provide answers to what brought down the jet that killed 189 people.

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