3 days ago · The incident is the latest in a long string of problems for Boeing. Since the grounding of the 737 Max in March 2019, following two crashes that killed 346 people, Boeing’s financial losses have A congressman bluntly declared Wednesday that “pilots trained in the United States would have successfully been able to handle” the circumstances that led to two crashes of Boeing's 737 MAX. Last modified on Thu 4 Jul 2019 07.20 EDT. US aircraft manufacturer Boeing has said it will pay $100m (£80m) to families and communities affected by the two crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft 6 days ago · 737 Max disasters. In October 2018, a Lion Air 737 Max departing from Jakarta, Indonesia, crashed into the Java Sea shortly after takeoff, killing all 189 people aboard. Then in March 2019, an * Some 170 737 Max 8’s were in service. Two had crashed. In other words, more than one percent of this new model had fatal crashes. Yet, Boeing and the FAA continued to echo their message that the Max 8 plane was safe. * After the first crash killed 189 people, Boeing said it was working on an update to the plane’s software. The airline utilizes several models, from the 767-300ER to the 737 MAX. United is currently waiting on pending orders from Boeing for: 737 MAX 8 – 40; 737 MAX 9 – 49; 737 MAX 10 – 92; Southwest Airlines. Current Fleet: 737. Boeing Planes in Fleet: 737-700 – 461; 737-800 – 207; Southwest Airlines has purchased more than 1,200 Boeing 6 days ago · Two crashes involving Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft killed a total of 346 people in less than five months in 2018 and 2019. Both crashes were later associated with a malfunctioning system that March 10, 2019 (): Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a 737 MAX 8, registration ET-AVJ, on a flight from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Nairobi, Kenya, crashed six minutes after takeoff; all 157 people aboard (149 passengers and 8 crew members) died. gnZtEI.