How 737 MAX has changed Boeing’s flight plan
In March 2019, within 19 months of its first flight with Southwest Airlines, the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft faced a global ban following two fatal crashes within a gap of five months in different parts of the globe. The first was a Lion Air crash in October 2018, which was followed by an Ethiopian Airlines crash in March 2019. India banned the aircraft on March 13, 2019.
A year after its global grounding, various explanations are being given on why the MAX failed. Industry watchers say Boeing was in a hurry to produce an aircraft which would be able to take on rival Airbus’ fast-selling A320 New Engine Option (NEO) aircraft.
