Airlines have flown Boeing's 737 Max jets for just eight years, but in that short time two of them crashed , killing 346 people.
The Max was marketed as a more fuel-efficient version of the American aerospace company’s popular 737, the best-selling airliner ever, but it quickly become a symbol of safety concerns swirling around Boeing.
Regulators around the world grounded all Max jets in March 2019 after the second crash, which led to the ousting of Boeing’s CEO. That was followed by his successor stepping down last summer after the Federal Aviation Administration grounded a particular model of the Max when a panel covering an unused emergency exit blew off an Alaska Airlines Max in flight.
The blowout led to government investigations, including a criminal probe by the Justice D