what's behind Boeing's production shutdown of MAX aircraft
- Written by Michael Lueck, Professor of Tourism, Auckland University of Technology
Boeing has announced it will halt production of the beleaguered B737-MAX series from January. Boeing’s announcement this week follows the grounding of the aircraft after two fatal crashes.
After the first crash, of Lion Air in Indonesia in October 2018, people blamed poor maintenance and insufficient pilot training. When a second airliner,...