Boeing’s 737 Max is a more fuel-efficient update of the company’s popular 737, the bestselling airliner ever. A timeline of important events involving the Max:August 2011: Boeing announces the 737 Max models 7, 8 and 9. August 2015: The first 737 Max plane rolls off the production line. Oct. 29, 2018: Lion Air flight 610, a Boeing 737 Max 8, plunges into the Java Sea, killing all 189 on board. March 10, 2018: Ethiopian Airlines flight 302, a Boeing 737 Max 8, crashes after takeoff from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killing all 157 people aboard.
Source: Ethiopian News December 23, 2019 22:41 UTC