Boeing 737 Max: A Chronicle of Technical Problems
From the devastating crashes of 2018 and 2019 to current software bugs and incidents
Quick Look
- The Boeing 737 Max is being criticized again.
- After the fatal crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia as well as the Alaska Airlines incident in 2024, media are now reporting on a new software error in automatic landing navigation.
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Why It Matters
The Boeing 737 Max was involved in two serious crashes in 2018 and 2019, in which 346 people died. In 2024 there was another incident on an Alaska Airlines plane.
Three numbers, three letters: 737 Max. And immediately there are memories of the two most devastating aircraft accidents in the recent past. In 2018 in Indonesia and 2019 in Ethiopia, incorrectly adjusted sensors and faulty software caused Boeing aircraft of this series to crash. 346 people were killed.
The crashes were part of a regular series of mishaps. In 2024, a door tore off the anchorage of an Alaska Airlines 737 Max aircraft and the plane had to make an emergency landing. It was pure luck that no one was seriously injured. Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported on a software bug that affects the automatic landing navigation of some planes and can force pilots to land manually. Good advertising for a product looks different.
Open Questions
- How many aircraft are affected by the new software bug?
- When will an official software update be released?
