On June 18 of this year, Boeing’s new model 737 Max 10 took to the skies for its first test flight. The Max 10 is larger than the Max 8, which was involved in the 2018 and 2019 crashes, and the Boeing leaders scrambled to Dallas and got a last-minute commitment from American to split the massive order provided they could deliver a re-engined 737 – and so the MAX was prematurely born USA TODAY. 0:00. 0:52. A Boeing 737-800 crashed in China with 132 people on board. The aircraft is one of the most used planes in the world with nearly 700 in operation in the U.S. Experts believe 5 days ago · A portion of a Boeing 737 Max 9 plane was ripped out on Friday, forcing an Alaska Airlines flight to make an emergency landing Credit: KPTV. The UK's aviation and aerospace regulator also issued a Though both designs exist under the Boeing 737 umbrella, the 737 Max is newer, and it was created to replace the 737-800, according to ABC News. But the 737 Max was grounded for 20 months following an investigation into those fatal crashes. After a series of modifications were made to the design, the plane was cleared to fly again in 2020. Boeing Co. said a new production problem expected to delay deliveries of its 737 jets to airlines this summer won’t disrupt the plane maker’s overall financial outlook for the year. The American still has 24 737 Max jets in service that are not affected by the possible problem. Southwest Airlines said it was removing from its schedule the 30 planes affected by Boeing's directive Two Plane Crashes in Five Months. Two separate Boeing 737 Max 8 crashes, one involving Lion Air and the other Ethiopian Airlines, killed 346 people in a span of less than five months. The Lion Air crash occurred in October 2018 and the Ethiopian Airlines crash occurred in March 2019. The two aircraft were new, and preliminary investigations 9EMx.