Two fatal crashes, too many questions. I'll be avoiding the 737 MAX 8 for now. - Intellitravel

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Two fatal crashes, too many questions. I’ll be avoiding the 737 MAX 8 for now.

Two fatal crashes, too many questions. I’ll be avoiding the 737 MAX 8 for now.

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Today started with some incredibly sad news. At around 8:44 local time, Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crashed this morning shortly after takeoff. It had been in the air all of six minutes. None of the 149 passengers or 8 crew survived. A minister of the Slovakian parliament confirmed that his wife and two children were aboard.

Coincidence? Or underlying problem?

While there will surely be a full investigation into the cause of the crash, what we do know already is a bit disturbing. The aircraft was a very new Boeing 737 MAX 8, just a matter of months old. This is the same plane that was involved in a fatal Lion Air crash just a few months back, which was the first total loss of a 737 MAX aircraft. All 189 passengers and…

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