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Boeing, Boeing, gone: yet more catastrophic problems for the aircraft manufacturer

Boeing, Boeing, gone: yet more catastrophic problems for the aircraft manufacturer

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Jan 06, 2024
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On 16 August last year I was on a Ryanair flight from Limoges to Stansted. I don’t usually take a look at what kind of aircraft I’m in, but knowing that Ryanair had bought loads of Boeing 737 MAX’s, I was slightly concerned and decided to check. Indeed, I was on a Boeing 737 MAX.

That model of aircraft was grounded worldwide between March 2019 and Decemb…

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