{"id":264638,"date":"2019-03-16T05:10:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T05:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/?p=264638"},"modified":"2019-03-16T05:25:21","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T05:25:21","slug":"boeing-737-max-air-safety-market-pressures-and-cockpit-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/boeing-737-max-air-safety-market-pressures-and-cockpit-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Boeing 737 Max: air safety, market pressures and cockpit technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In just five short months, two Boeing 737 Max 8 airliners crashed, killing a total of 346 passengers and crew members. Both occurred shortly after take-off, and the similarities between the two catastrophes raised fundamental questions about the aircraft\u2019s safety. It was grounded by nation after nation, with only Canada and the United States holding out. Finally, they too halted flights on March 13. <\/p>\n<p>The 737 Max \u2013 the fastest-selling airliner ever and the heart of Boeing\u2019s business \u2013 is now grounded worldwide, a first. A boycott by travelers, a cancellation of orders, and demands for compensation by airlines could have disastrous consequences for the Seattle-based manufacturer. It also raises questions about the ever-increasing sophistication of cockpit technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In just five short months, two Boeing 737 Max 8 airliners crashed, killing a total of 346 passengers and crew members. Both occurred shortly after take-off, and the similarities between the two catastrophes raised fundamental questions about the aircraft\u2019s safety. It was grounded by nation after nation, with only Canada and the United States holding out. Finally, they too halted flights on March 13. The 737 Max \u2013 the fastest-selling airliner ever and the heart of Boeing\u2019s business \u2013 is now grounded worldwide, a first. A boycott by travelers, a cancellation of orders, and demands for compensation by airlines could [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[135,167,130],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-standard-newspapers","category-civil-aviation-business-standard-newspapers","category-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264638\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/infralive.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}