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‘Clear from the beginning’: FAA analysis found Boeing 737 Max may be most accident-prone plane in decades

By Tim Pearce
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‘Clear from the beginning’: FAA analysis found Boeing 737 Max may be most accident-prone plane in decades

Federal regulators suspected that the Boeing 737 Max could become one of the most accident-prone planes constructed in decades.

The Federal Aviation Administration concluded in a November 2018 report that the 737 Max model would average one fatal crash every two to three years, a substantial increase over other Boeing airliners in use today, according to the Wall Street Journal. Neither the agency nor Boeing publicly revealed the report’s findings.

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