The Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System, or MCAS, is a flight control software function developed by Boeing to help stabilize aircraft pitch under specific flight conditions. It works by ...

Lawmakers are looking into the safety certification of the Boeing 737 MAX. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the ‘‘Miracle on the Hudson’’ airplane captain who safely landed a disabled jetliner on the ...

Similarities between the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes have focused attention on an anti-stalling system used in the new Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft. The crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane ...

The United States lifted a 20-month-old flight ban on Boeing Co's 737 MAX on Wednesday, easing a safety crisis that left its top exporter with a tarnished reputation and hundreds of idle jets. But ...

Chief Steve Dickson conducted a nearly two-hour evaluation flight at the controls of a Boeing 737 MAX on Wednesday, a milestone for the jet to win approval to resume flying after two fatal crashes.

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 ...