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Ethiopian airlines crash

June 2022

Workers search through debris from the China Eastern crash on March 24, just days after the disaster.

Murder-suicides by pilots are climbing and airlines don’t know why

Intentional plane crashes by pilots would rank as the second-highest cause of aircraft deaths in the past decade if official statistics were kept.

  • Alan Levin

January 2021

Boeing will pay $US2.5 billion to settle a US Justice Department investigation into the safety of its 737 Max aircraft.

Boeing to pay $US2.5b to settle charge over 737 Max

The US government and Boeing said the settlement includes money for the crash victims’ families, airline customers and a fine.

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  • David Koenig

December 2020

Senate probe finds Boeing 'inappropriately influenced' Max tests.

Senate probe finds Boeing 'inappropriately influenced' Max tests

The report alleged that the FAA and Boeing officials were attempting to create 'a pre-determined outcome'.

  • Keith Laing

November 2020

Grounded: the FFA is expected to give 737 Max jets the all clear this week after an 18 month suspension.

Boeing’s Max jet set to fly again but airlines not keen

The US regulator is tipped to lift the flight ban on the Max this week but many airlines have already cancelled orders.

  • Claire Bushey

January 2020

Turkish Airlines has agreed a compensation deal with Boeing Co over the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX following two fatal crashes.

Turkish Airlines reaches compensation deal over Boeing 737 MAX

The 737 MAX has been grounded since March after a Lion Air crash in Indonesia and an Ethiopian Airlines crash killed 346 people within five months.

  • Ceyda Caglayan, Douglas Busvine and Ankit Ajmera
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December 2019

A Boeing 737 Max

Boeing considers halting 737 MAX production

Boeing's board is considering a proposal from top management to temporarily shut down 737 production.

  • David Shepardson

November 2019

"We expect the Max to be certified, airworthiness directive issued, ungrounded in mid-December. We expect pilot training requirements to be approved in January," said Boeing spokesman Gordon Johndroe.

Boeing says 737 Max should resume commercial flights in January

Boeing said it expected the US Federal Aviation Administration to issue an order approving the plane's return to service next month.

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  • David Shepardson

October 2019

Sir Michael Arthur, president of Boeing International, says Australia will be a beneficiary of Boeing's plan to double in size by 2025.

Boeing wants to double in size, and Australia is central to its plan

Boeing, the $200 billion aircraft maker, is using advanced manufacturing techniques at its plant in Melbourne to boost exports of products for the civil aviation market and possibly for military customers.

  • Tony Boyd

May 2019

Boeing has acknowledged that there was a software upgrade available on the Max 737 jet.

Boeing resisted pilots' calls for an urgent fix for the 737 Max

Shortly after the Lion Air crash that killed 189 people in Indonesia, pilots asked Boeing to fix the 737 Max's flaws, but the aircraft manufacturer pushed back.

  • avid Gelles and Natalie Kitroeff

March 2019

Boeing is racing to contain the crisis involving the 737 Max 8 aircraft.

FAA to overhaul oversight after Boeing crashes

The US aviation watchdog will significantly change its approach to air safety in the wake of the two deadly Boeing 737 Max plane crashes.

  • David Shepardson and Kumerra Gumechu
Boeing is racing to contain the crisis involving the 737 Max 8 aircraft.

Boeing launches information push over 737 Max fixes

Boeing is meeting more than 200 aviation experts and regulators as it scrambles to get the 737 Max 8 jet back into service following two deadly crashes.

There are similarities in the crash last week of the Ethiopian Airlines jet with the Boeing 737 belonging to Lion Air that went down a few months ago.

Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 crash similar to Lion Air accident

An Ethiopian government official says a study of the black boxes show there are "clear similarities" with the Lion Air crash last October.

  • Maggie Fick
Rescuers work at the scene of Sunday's crash, which dealt a huge blow to Ethiopia Airlines' business plan.

Setback for an African airline trying to grow

Like so many of the airline’s pilots before him, Yared Getachew, 29, who died on Sunday in the crash of Flight 302, was a graduate of the Ethiopian Airlines Aviation Academy.

  • Christine Negroni
The Boeing Co. 737 Max 9 jetliner stands at the company's manufacturing facility in Renton, Washington, U.S., on Tuesday, Mar. 7, 2017. Boeing is holding intense discussions with airlines and lessors for the Max 10X and has "extended business offers" to some potential buyers as it builds a case for the narrow-body jet, said Boeing Vice President of Marketing Randy Tinseth. The decision on whether to launch the plane is expected this year. Photographer: David Ryder/Bloomberg

Boeing scrambles to contain fallout from Ethiopia crash

Boeing on Tuesday was scrambling to deal with the fallout from the deadly plane crash in Ethiopia. It was the second time in a matter of months that a 737 Max 8 crashed just minutes after an erratic takeoff.

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  • David Gelles and Natalie Kitroeff

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