Safety and Design of the Boeing 737 Max: Were the Crashes Avoidable? (Aircraft and Avionics Research and Technology - New in 2019)

Recent foreign air disasters involving Boeing 737 Max airplanes have raised international concern about the safety of that aircraft and passenger airline safety in general. On 29 October 2018, Lion Air flight 610 crashed shortly after departure from Jakarta, Indonesia, killing all 189 on board. On 10 March 2019, Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crashed shortly after departure from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, reportedly resulting in 157 fatalities. 346 people died on two MAX aircraft within a 5-month period. The book looks at the overall safety, design and development of the Boeing 737 Max.