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Subject: Re: Boeing 737 Max: Losses mount as Saudi airline cancels order and switches to Airbus
From: Mitchell Holman <noemail@verizont.net>
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Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> wrote in
news:qg2aqt02o97@drn.newsguy.com:
> https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/boeing-737-max-cra
> sh-saudi-order-flyadeal-airbus-a8995566.html
>
> After two fatal crashes involving the Boeing 737 Max, another
> prospective customer has cancelled a multi-billion-dollar order for
> the jet.
>
Billions in losses due to gross mismanagement
with no end in sight.
Why the stockholders haven't hanged the entire
Board from the nearest lamposts is beyond me.
> In December 2018 the Saudi budget airline, Flyadeal, signed a deal
> with an option for 20 more. But the airline has switched the order to
> Boeing's rival, Airbus, with a new agreement for the the same number
> of A320 Neo aircraft.
>
>
> The first Boeing 737 Max to crash was Lion Air JT610, shortly after
> take-off from Jakarta on 29 October 2018. All 189 passengers and crew
> died.
>
> But on 10 March 2019, an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max crashed
> shortly after departure from Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people
> onboard.
>
> triggered the anti-stall system, known as MCAS. The software forced
> plane flying.
>
> All Boeing 737 Max jets were grounded worldwide shortly after the
> Ethiopian Airlines crash. Boeing is currently working on safety
> improvements, and it is thought unlikely that the plane will be in
> passenger service before the end of the year.
>
> Airlines including Ryanair, Norwegian and Tui Airways had intended to
> be flying the planes from the UK this summer.
>
> The planemaker is continuing to build the jets. In a statement to the
> builds out its operations.
>
After six months of round-the-clock efforts
the "software glitch" hasn't even been found much
less corrected. Amazing.
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