A former Boeing chief test pilot is indicted by a United States grand jury for deceiving the Federal Aviation Administration during the certification process for the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, which resulted in two fatal crashes and a subsequent grounding of the aircraft. 2021-10-14
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration clears Boeing's 737 MAX to fly again, provided that all planes receive modifications to their software and wiring and that all pilots receive additional training. 2020-11-18
Indonesian investigators conclude their probe of the disaster with the release of a 353-page final report. The report states the crash was caused by a combination of flawed software design by Boeing, a failure of Lion Air to ground the jet over issues it had previously experienced, and inappropriate pilot responses to the developing emergency. 2019-10-25
Russian aircraft leasing firm Avia Capital Services, which has ordered 35 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, sues Boeing in an Illinois court in the first legal action taken by a 737 MAX customer in the wake of the groundings. Avia seek damages and a cancellation of the order, claiming Boeing were fraudulent, breached their contract with Avia, and negligently introduced design flaws to the aircraft and made negligent representations to the Federal Aviation Authority seeking the plane's certification. With nearly 400 jets grounded worldwide since March, lawyers representing Avia say they are discussing the possibility of joining the litigation with other companies. 2019-08-27
Boeing reports its largest-ever quarterly loss, of {{usd}}2.9 billion, as a result of the grounding of its 737 MAX series, with the company saying that it could halt its production. 2019-07-24
Boeing sells 200 of its 737 MAX planes to International Airlines Group, the first sale of the controversial airliners since two fatal crashes and subsequent worldwide groundings earlier this year. 2019-06-18
U.S. Representatives Peter DeFazio and Rick Larsen of the House Transportation committee report Boeing discovered the 737 Max AOA Disagree alert problem in 2017 but decided to defer fixing it until 2020, and sped up the process only after the Lion Air Flight 610 crash. 2019-06-7
The Ethiopian government releases a preliminary report on the investigation into the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. 2019-04-4
An Indonesian Diving Rescue Team member dies while searching the debris from the passenger jet that crashed earlier this week near Jakarta. 2018-11-3
Indonesian divers retrieve the flight data recorder from the ocean near Karawang, Indonesia, where the plane had crashed three days prior. 2018-11-1