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Southwest Airlines Nixes Boeing 737 Max Planes From Its Fleet Until April

6:47pm December 17, 2019

by Brakkton Booker

Southwest said its decision is "based on continued uncertainty" about when the FAA will allow the Max planes to return to service. Boeing's 737 Max fleet has been grounded worldwide since March.

Michael Stumo and his wife Nadia Milleron, whose daughter was killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Flight crash, attend a House committee hearing June 19. They and other victims' families have been a driving force in the campaign to keep the Boeing 737 Max gr

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Crash Victim's Family Pushes To Keep Boeing 737 Max From Flying Again Too Soon

5:00am October 21, 2019

by Jim Zarroli

The death of Samya Stumo in an Ethiopian Airlines crash stirred her parents to take action against regulators and Boeing. Victims' families want regulators to order a complete review of the 737 Max.

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Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg in New York earlier this month. The Boeing board has voted to take away his job as chairman so he can focus on fixing 737 Max jets which are all grounded after two fatal crashes.

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Boeing CEO Is No Longer Also Chairman As Company Board Wants Focus On 737 Fix

9:16pm October 11, 2019

by David Schaper

With all 737 Max jets grounded, the board voted to strip CEO Dennis Muilenburg of his dual role. Two of the planes crashed, killing 346 people, when an automated flight system malfunctioned.

Grounded Gol Airlines, Southwest Airlines and Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max aircraft at Boeing facilities in Moses Lake, Wash., last month

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Safety Experts Slam Boeing And FAA For Design And Approval Of 737 Max Jets

8:35pm October 11, 2019

by David Schaper

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.

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max lands in Victorville, Calif., in March.

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Southwest Airlines Pilots Sue Boeing Over 737 Max Crashes And Grounding

8:01pm October 07, 2019

by Wade Goodwyn

The pilots say they stand to lose $100 million in income. Southwest has canceled more than 30,000 flights since the FAA grounded the aircraft in March after two crashes killed 346 people.

A grounded Boeing 737 Max sits in a parking area adjacent to Boeing Field in Seattle. Federal safety officials said on Thursday that Boeing should consider how cockpit confusion can slow the response time of pilots.

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Boeing Assumed 737 Max Pilots Could Quickly Respond To Cockpit Warnings, NTSB Says

4:47pm September 26, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

Safety board Investigators concluded that Boeing underestimated pilot response time to multiple and cascading error messages resulting from the airplane's automated stall-prevention system.

Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max aircraft sit on the tarmac at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on March 13. The 737 Max has been grounded worldwide following a pair of deadly crashes.

As 737 Max Grounding Drags On, Boeing's Bottom Line Takes A Hit

4:25pm July 24, 2019

Four months after its top-selling 737 Max airliner was grounded worldwide, Boeing announced a 35% drop in revenues and a loss of $2.9 billion in the second quarter.

Southwest Airlines is among the companies that grounded Boeing 737 MAX aircraft because of a software failure that caused fatal crashes of Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines planes. The FAA said Wednesday it has found a new flaw in the plane that needs to be

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FAA Finds New Problem With 737 Max Jets, Delaying Their Return To Flight

8:39pm June 26, 2019

by David Schaper

Southwest, American and United Airlines have already pulled the aircraft from their schedules through Labor Day weekend. Two of the planes crashed within five months, killing hundreds of people.

Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg speaks during a press conference after the annual shareholders meeting in Chicago on April 29.

World News

Boeing CEO Admits Mistake In 737 MAX Communication

7:30pm June 16, 2019

by Daniella Cheslow

Ahead of Paris Air Show, Dennis Muilenburg concedes his company did not give enough information about a malfunctioning safety light.

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

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

9:30am May 06, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

Engineers at the company discovered a problem with a key safety indicator light within months of the first deliveries of the 737 Max. But it didn't inform airlines or regulators for another year.