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March 13, the U.S. FAA was among the last to order the grounding of the 737 MAX, after claiming there was no reason: China had the most aircraft in service, 96, followed by the U.S. with 72, Canada with 39 and India with 21. The FAA issued an Emergency Order of Prohibition grounding Boeing 737 MAX airplanes, followed by a CANIC. [74]
The Boeing 737 MAX airliner, which began service in 2017, was involved in two fatal accidents, Lion Air Flight 610 on October 29, 2018, and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on March 10, 2019, that resulted from a malfunction of the aircraft's new flight stabilizing software, [1] the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS).
The 737 MAX's primary competitor is Airbus's bestseller aircraft, the A320neo. The A320neo continued to win orders in the wake of the Boeing 737 MAX grounding, booking over US$11 billion in orders, [84] with additional orders from airlines that are either canceling their 737 MAX orders altogether, or reducing quantities. [85]
The issues involve engine anti-ice systems on the 737 Max and larger 787 Dreamliner. ... company’s order that year to ground some Max planes because of a different electrical problem. The Boeing ...
The FAA has ordered the temporary grounding of Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft after part of the fuselage blew out during a flight. ... The grounding order led to flight cancellations that are adding to ...
The FAA said it will also ground 737 Max 9 planes that operate in U.S. territory. In total, the order will affect about 171 of the airplanes out of 218 worldwide, the FAA said.
This article lists the orders made by airlines and other buyers for the Boeing 737 MAX family of aircraft, which is a product of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, a division of the Boeing Company. For a discussion of these orders and deliveries, in particular, the effect of the groundings in 2019, see Boeing 737 MAX, Orders and deliveries.
The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday that after reviewing Boeing’s instructions for inspecting grounded 737 Max 9 planes, it has decided to seek more information before allowing ...