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B-737 MAX aircraft: China Eastern Airlines presents the bill to Boeing

Damages asked for economic losses and for delay in future deliveries

Following the two incidents that occurred on October 29 in Indonesia (to Lion Air) and March 10 in Ethiopia (to Ethiopian Airlines) -in total 346 people died- due to a malfunction in the software of the automatic anti-stall system, which came into operation following an erroneous reading of one of the two sensors of the Angle of Attack. And after the consequent grounding of the B-737 MAX planes, the...

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Airlines737 MAX aircraft, Muilenburg admits the error

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AccidentsB-737 MAX aircraft, Muilenburg (Boeing): "I apologize to the victims' family members. We failed"

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"I personally apologize to families: as a leader of this company it is something that strikes me directly". Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing CEO, apologizes to the families of the 346 victims killed in the two... more

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