Dozens of countries and airlines have split from the Federal Aviation Administration in grounding Boeing's 737 Max airplanes after two fatal crashes.
div > div.group > p:first-child"> By midday Wednesday more than 30 countries and airlines from India to Italy had banned Boeing 737 Max jets from their skies after a second fatal crash of one of the planes brought the death toll to 346 people. The deadly crashes raised concerns around the world that they may have both been caused by software Boeing added to the modern version of its workhorse jet.
In January 2013, battery fires on new Boeing 787 Dreamliners prompted the agency to ground the planes that month. European aviation officials followed suit from the FAA, which had certified the plane. The 787s were airborne again by April of that year after FAA deemed the planes airworthy after a fix from Boeing. In 1979, the FAA grounded McDonnell Douglas DC-10 planes after deadly crashes.
After the FAA decided to go ahead and ground the jets, Elwell told CNBC's Closing Bell in an interview that the FAA, which certified the 737 Max plane,"didn't feel global pressure." The Max is a new variant with larger engines, made by a joint venture of General Electric and France's Safran, and other features and rolled out in 2017.
Lawmakers, travelers and even some airline employees, including flight attendants, urged the government and carriers to park the planes until more was known about what brought down the Ethiopian Airlines' four-month-old Boeing 737 Max 8 on Sunday shortly after takeoff, killing all 157 people on board.
That is drawing questions from lawmakers. Investigators in the Lion Air crash have indicated that the pilots were battling an automated anti-stall system that Boeing added to the new 737 Max jets before they started flying in 2017. On an earnings call in April 2017, Boeing's CEO Muilenburg was asked how deregulation early in Trump's term affected the company.
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