On October 29, 2018, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 operated by Lion Air crashed into the Java Sea minutes after takeoff from Jakarta, Indonesia, killing all 189 people on board. This was the first crash of a 737 MAX 8, the latest iteration of Boeing’s workhorse narrow-body airliner.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation, but there are a number of possibilities, including pilot error, a maintenance issue, or a problem with the aircraft’s anti-stall system. The 737 …