Blemishes mar aircraft history

October 2021: A former Boeing test pilot named Mark Forkner was charged by a federal grand jury. He was accused of misleading the Federal Aviation Administration and engaging in a plot to defraud airlines during the development of the 737 Max, which suffered two fatal crashes within five months, resulting in the deaths of 346 people.

January 2021: A Boeing 737-500 tragically plunged into the Java Sea shortly after departing from Jakarta, Indonesia. The ill-fated Sriwijaya Air Flight, en route from Jakarta to Pontianak on the island of Borneo, carried 62 individuals, comprising six crew members and 56 passengers. The incident resulted in the loss of all lives on board.

March 2019: A Boeing 737 Max 8 departed from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, en route to Kenya. Just six minutes into the flight, it plummeted to the ground, claiming the lives of all 157 passengers.

October 2018: A new Boeing aircraft with 189 passengers took off from Jakarta, Indonesia, bound for Pangkal Pinang on a one-hour flight. Twelve minutes after takeoff, the Lion Air-operated plane crashed into Jakarta Bay at an almost vertical angle, traveling at 500 mph. There were no survivors.

Xinhua - Agencies