How can Boeing recover from its 737 Max disaster? | DW News

In a stroke of good luck for aircraft manufacturer Boeing, German carrier Lufthansa says it's now considering a three-digit order of 737 Maxes as it expands its fleet. Meanwhile, United States senators have grilled the head of the Federal Aviation Administration about the 737 Max, following the deadly crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia.

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[shotsfiredandmissed]

Boeing said it's safe, reality said otherwise.

[donparkvideos]

Mr. Sinnett, if the 737 is truly safe, why are we here today?

[heesingsia]

How can they recover? The whole board and management should fly on the max 8 on a world tour to all the countries which has purchased the aircraft to show that it is indeed safe

[labdslv]

Boeing, bite the bullet and work on improving your image by IMPROVING your CREDIBILITY.

[JackOfAllTrades.YouTube]

I bet Airbus has just pulled up a recliner, with a soda and some popcorn, and are just watching.

[moow]

Never ever get on a 737 Max!!! Your life depends on it. Even the people who are building it, don’t wanna fly it.

[ecologyrocks]

I don't know if software update is the answer here. If your plane can't fly well without software, then your plane has a design flaw. Boeing should understand that software is added to plane to make a well designed plane flying better, not to make a bad designed plane capable of flying.

[billy]

it all catches up with you in the end.

[andreamendes]

Where them silly Boeing fanboys who used to always say "if it aint Boeing i aint going" at now????

[unlike]

Put mike on this max plane with a pilot who doesn't know mcas system as case in lion and ethiopia airlines, then bring his soul back to make same sentence of safer plan.

[silasyuen]

Boeing executives shall fly that thing first to show their commitment to their words.

[davidmotyka]

There should be independent safety inspections. Not Boeing people.

[redhen]

I bet everyone saying “Boeing executives should fly in it first, then I will fly on it” will probably say after they do it “it’s a publicity stunt”

[crumcon]

They can't recover, Software changes only won;t help, they need to redesign the entire 737 MAX serie.

[leilsondias]

I understand boeing made a mistake when linking MCAS only to one AOA sensor . That is the main problem, not the mcas . Another issue is Companies not training theis pilots as they should . A crash is a chain of factors, not only one . The lion Air accident, I think could be avoided if that crew, from the previous flight, had reported to the Mantenaince, what happened and how they´ve recovered from the unusial situation, and looks like, they didnt .
Mantenaince just replaced a new sensor, and didn´t make an a test flght to check if that replacement had worked . Another thing, how come the pilots didn´t switch off the stab trim cut out switches ? They should know that doing these, eletric trim would be turned off and they could use manual trim to stabilize acft . So many facts, I don´t understand, like Boeing been the only guilty for .

[CristopherCal]

Those who sue Boeing will have a long difficult way to go. Who knows what will they go through?

[vincentchiong]

Trust is of utmost importance in human relationship and in every human transaction, in government, in business, in marriage, in education etc etc. Trust once lost cannot be recovered, regained and repaired. Airlines, pilots, air crews, air passengers no longer trust a company that omit vital information or cover-up the air worthiness and safety of this model MAX 8

[marktrinidad]

China's Airbus purchase is a boon to Europe's economies. Airbus suppliers are scattered around the continent, that equates employment to those countries and much needed cash.

Talk talk talk. In the end, american politicians will do what they do best absolutely nothing.

[davidperry]

A320neo for life. Boeing should have used taller landing gears in the first place.