On October 29, 2018, a nearly new Boeing 737 MAX 8 jet plunged into the Java Sea at 400 miles per hour, killing all 189 people onboard. The sudden and rapid descent of Indonesia’s Lion Air Flight 610 commenced at 5,000 feet, just 11 minutes after taking off from Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport. 1 day ago · The extended grounding of some Boeing 737 Max jetliners is adding to pressure on Boeing as well as the subcontractor that made the fuselage and installed a panel that blew out during an Alaska 3 days ago · The incident has also renewed questions about the safety of Boeing's Max aircraft, the newest version of the company's storied 737. There are two versions of the aircraft in service: the Max 8 and The 737 Max is the most modern version of the Boeing 737 that has been flying, in its various versions, since 1967. It is also the most fuel-efficient and was the most in-demand airplane for a while, till…. Till a brand new 737 Max Lion Air (JT) aircraft crashed on 29th October 2018. There were attempts to blame Lion Air for the accident, and 2 days ago · Passengers flying from Portland aboard an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 on Friday experienced a terrifying ordeal — minutes after takeoff, a large, rectangular chunk of the fuselage blew 4 days ago · Boeing's 737 Max has been described as "the most scrutinised transport aircraft in history" after a series of safety issues. The Max was grounded in March 2019 for an enormous safety record". The 737 MAX gained notoriety with two crashes involving the aircraft type in 2018 and 2019. For 20 months, aviation authorities grounded the MAX due to serious safety flaws deriving from Boeing's plane design. Now that the plane has been reintroduced into service, many have questioned whether the aircraft is now safe. Malaysia Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737 Max 8 – its first new aircraft type in over five years – after a reported two-month delay. The aircraft (9M-MVA) arrived at Kuala Simple Flying caught up with Stan Deal, CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, who told us, “The 737 MAX fleet has operated for 1.8 million flight hours – about 800,000 flights – since November 2020. Fleet reliability is above 99.5% - that is actually where the Next-Generation 737 was at, so it's on par with the airplane it's replaced.”. The 737-800 has a good safety record and is the predecessor to the 737 MAX model that has been grounded in China for more than three years after fatal crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia. 7mjaXng.