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Boeing 737 Max Completes First U.S. Commercial Flight Since It Was Grounded

By NPR News December 29, 2020

Boeing 737 Max - American Airlines jet takes off in Miami

A Boeing 737 Max carried paying passengers on a U.S. flight Tuesday for the first time since March of 2019, as American Airlines put the aircraft back in service. The planes had been grounded worldwide after two deadly crashes highlighted safety problems.Read More

Boeing Lands 1st 737 Max Order Since Troubled Plane Was Cleared To Fly Again

By NPR News December 3, 2020

European airline Ryanair is ordering 75 Boeing 737 Max airplanes, the two companies announced Thursday. CREDIT: Boeing

Just two weeks ago, U.S. regulators cleared Boeing's 737 Max to fly following the deadly crashes of two of the planes in 2018 and 2019. Now Boeing is reporting an order for 75 of the aircraft.Read More

Boeing Employees Mocked FAA In Internal Messages Before 737 Max Disasters

By NPR News January 9, 2020

A Boeing worker walks near a 737 MAX jet on Monday in Renton, Wash. Boeing said it will suspend production of the troubled jetliner in January. Elaine Thompson/AP

The latest documents Boeing has released related to the design and certification of the 737 Max paint a dark picture of employee reactions to problems that came up during the development of the now-grounded airliners.Read More

At Least 12 British Columbia Residents Among Victims Of Boeing 737 Plane Crash In Iran

By Tom Banse January 8, 2020

Colleagues of the flight crew members of the Ukrainian 737-800 plane that crashed on the outskirts of Tehran, light candles at a memorial inside Borispil International Airport near Kyiv. CREDIT: Efrem Lukatsky/AP

The crash of a Boeing 737 airliner shortly after takeoff from the Iranian capital hit home in the Pacific Northwest Wednesday. The crash victims include immigrant families just across the U.S. border in British Columbia.Read More

Moses Lake Airport Close To Maxing Out On Boeing 737 Storage As Planes Stay Grounded

By Tom Banse January 7, 2020

Grounded Gol Airlines, Southwest Airlines and Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max aircraft at Boeing facilities in Moses Lake, Wash. CREDIT: Lindsey Wasson/Reuters

Boeing is close to maxing out the storage space it has leased at the Moses Lake, Washington, airport for its grounded 737 Max airliners. The plane maker plans to deploy a fresh wave of mechanics across the mountains to maintain the large fleet until those planes can fly again.Read More

Boeing To Suspend Production Of Grounded 737 Max Jetliners, No Layoffs Expected

By NPR News December 16, 2019

Boeing will suspend production of its troubled 737 Max jetliner in January, but does not plan to lay off or furlough the workers who build the plane, the company said in a statement Monday.Read More

Boeing CEO To Families Of 737 Max Crash Victims: ‘We Are Sorry, Deeply And Truly’

By NPR News October 30, 2019

Boeing President and CEO Dennis Muilenburg appeared before the Senate Transportation Committee on future of the grounded 737 Max on Tuesday. Andrew Harnik/AP

Dennis Muilenburg was grilled about whether Boeing had a cozy relationship with the FAA and if the airline tried to conceal information about flaws in its onboard flight-control system, called MCAS.Read More

Boeing Pilots Detected 737 Max Flight Control Glitch Two Years Before Deadly Crash

By NPR News October 18, 2019

All Boeing 737 Max aircraft are grounded while the manufacturer fixes a deadly defect in their flight control system. These Southwest Airlines planes were parked in Victorville, Calif., in March. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images

One pilot messaged that the problem was "egregious" and he had "basically lied to the regulators (unknowingly)" when he had told the FAA that the flight control system was safe.Read More

Experts Criticize Boeing And FAA For 737 Max Design, As Grounded Jets Stack Up In Moses Lake

By NPR News October 13, 2019

Two of the planes crashed, killing hundreds. The review panel finds that Boeing withheld critical details about a flawed new automated system, and the regulators lacked expertise to find the problem.Read More

Boeing May Temporarily Halt 737 Max Production In Wake Of Fleet’s Grounding

By NWPB News July 24, 2019

Boeing 737 Max jets are now being flown to the spacious airport in Moses Lake, Washington, for storage. PAUL WEATHERMAN / BOEING

Boeing's CEO says the company will consider temporarily shutting down production of the 737 Max if the plane's return is significantly delayed beyond the company's October forecast.Read More

Undeliverable Boeing 737 Max Planes Now Being Stored At Central Washington Airport

By Tom Banse June 17, 2019

Boeing is running out of space to park grounded 737 Max jets in the Puget Sound region and is now sending some of its Renton, Washington, factory output to Moses Lake's spacious airport.Read More

FAA Chief: Pilots Should Have Been Told About Automated System On 737 Max

By Carolyn Adolph May 15, 2019

Boeing said on Sunday that it was aware of problems with a key safety indicator in 2017, but it didn't inform airlines or the FAA until after the Lion Air crash a year later. Here, 737 Max jets built for American Airlines (left) and Air Canada are parked at the airport adjacent to a Boeing production facility in Renton, Wash. CREDIT: ELAINE THOMPSON/AP

A U.S. House committee grilled air regulators about Boeing's 737 Max Wednesday. They asked why pilots were not told about the automated system known as MCAS from the very beginning.Read More

Boeing Knew About 737 Max Sensor Problem Before Plane Crash In Indonesia

By NPR News May 6, 2019

Boeing knew that there was a problem with one of the safety features on its 737 Max planes back in 2017 – well before the Lion Air crash in October 2018 and the Ethiopian Airlines crash in March. But it did not disclose the issue to airlines or safety regulators until after the Lion Air plane crashed off the Indonesian coast, killing all 189 aboard.Read More

FAA Grounds Boeing 737 Max Planes In U.S., Pending Investigation

By NPR News March 13, 2019

A Boeing 737 Max 8 flown by Southwest Airlines sits at the gate at Baltimore Washington International Airport on Wednesday. "The grounding will remain in effect pending further investigation, including examination of information from the aircraft's flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders," the FAA said in a statement. CREDIT: JIM WATSON/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

The Federal Aviation Administration says it is temporarily grounding all Boeing 737 Max aircraft operated by U.S. airlines or in U.S. territory.Read More