Boeing 737 MAX groundings
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The Boeing 737 MAX passenger airliner was grounded worldwide between March 2019 and December 2020 after 346 people died in two similar crashes in less than five months, and briefly in January 2024 fol
A parking lot at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, filled with undelivered Boeing 737 MAX aircraft during the grounding following two fatal crashes
Five Shenzhen Airlines 737 MAX 8s (foreground, red livery) grounded at the Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport, March 2019.
Vertical airspeeds of both flights, showing altitude loss in 20-second intervals.
PK-LQP, the aircraft involved in the crash of Flight 610
Lion Air Flight 610
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Lion Air Flight 610 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, Tangerang, to Depati Amir Airport, Pangkal Pinang, in Indonesia. On 29 October 2018, the Boeing
Boeing 737 MAX groundings
…than five months, and briefly in January 2024 following a dangerous in-flight incident. The accidents leading to the earlier, 2019–2020 grounding were Lion Air Flight 610 on October 29, 2018 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on March 10, 2019. The Federal Aviation Administration initially affirmed the MAX's continued…
PK-LQP, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in September 2018
Indonesian Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi giving a press conference on the crash of Flight 610