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Boeing 737 MAX

Fourth generation of Boeing's 737 narrow-body airliner family, including the MAX 8 and MAX 9 variants, introduced into commercial service in 2017.

Known aliases

  • 737 MAX
  • 737 MAX 8
  • 737 MAX 9
  • Boeing 737
  • Boeing 737 Max 8
  • MAX 737
  • MAX-9 737

Current stories

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FAA ruling on a 737 Max software bug puts the Max 10 back in line for certification

FAA safety experts ruled a 737 Max software glitch poses no safety concern, clearing a late obstacle to Boeing's Max 10 and its nearly 1,500 orders. Officials told Reuters approval could come as soon as later this month, with crews following an interim procedure until Boeing finishes a software fix.

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Adoption58
Hype gap+15
Incentives60
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Alleged cockpit stabbing on FlyDubai flight tests Israel's reliance on foreign airlines to vet pilots

FlyDubai's copilot allegedly stabbed the captain of Flight FZ1073 to Tel Aviv, with 182 people aboard a jet that fell about 17,000 feet. Netanyahu blames a loophole in vetting foreign pilots, so Israel must choose between screening crews harder and enforcing rules already agreed.

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Evidence72
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Netanyahu says a FlyDubai pilot stabbed a colleague before the Israel-bound jet dropped 16,000 feet

FlyDubai's Israel-bound jet fell 16,000 feet in about a minute after one pilot stabbed the other, Benjamin Netanyahu said. If his account holds, the defence that failed was the airline's vetting of its own pilots.

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Evidence68
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Hype gap+30
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scienceOne report1 publisher

A philosopher pins corporate negligence on the roles that exist to check the facts

Kirk Ludwig's paper in Synthese treats a company's beliefs as a pattern of commitments made by people in official roles, and it lands negligence on whoever held the duty to check the facts before the company acted.

Publishers:phys.org

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Chancery dismissed the Boeing oversight case on the strength of the board's documented effort

The August 14 decision holds that once a board builds an information system and monitors it, how it responds to what that system reports is business judgment, which makes oversight claims harder to plead than the past few years suggested.

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