Artikel tagged “max”

  • Boeing sued by more than 400 pilots in class action over 737 MAX ‘cover-up’

    Boeing sued by more than 400 pilots in class action over 737 MAX ‘cover-up’

    More than 400 pilots are involved in a class action against the US manufacturer of the 737 MAX seeking damages over what they allege was Boeing’s “unprecedented cover-up” of the “known design flaws” of the latest incarnation of its top-selling jet. • A plaintiff lodged claims against Boeing on behalf of hundreds of pilot peers alleging the company “knowingly” covered up the defective aspects of its 737 MAX jet. The claims focus on one piece of software pilots claim they weren’t told about – the MCAS (Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System). • This latest lawsuit filed against Boeing marks the first class action lodged by pilots qualified to fly the 737 MAX series

  • Boeing 737 Max 8 has engine problems during take off in the US

    Boeing 737 Max 8 has engine problems during take off in the US

    Another bad week for Boeing. This time an incident as an American airline moves its fleet to a common airfield to supervise testing and software upgrades following the 737 Max fleet grounding.

  • Only the US and Canada left flying the Boeing 737 Max aircraft*

    Only the US and Canada left flying the Boeing 737 Max aircraft*

    The US and Canada remain the only two country’s left flying the Boeing 737 Max 8 model aircraft in any substantial numbers (*there are a few smaller airlines and nations but very few remaining). Otherwise most of the world’s aviation authorities have either grounded the planes or closed access to their airspace for the operation of the popular new Boeing short-haul workhorse. As a note of clarification the Boeing 737 MAX class of airplane are a new-generation version of the popular 737 plane that has been flying since the 1960s.