Twelve Minutes Over Jakarta: The 737 Max Story

How bad aircraft design and demand for cheap air travel helped cause two of the worst air disasters in recent history.

A Boeing 737/8 MAX of Batik Air Malaysia at Kuala Lumpur-KUL, Malaysia

The morning of 29 October 2018 dawned bright in Jakarta. As the sun rose over Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft operating Lion Air flight 610 taxied for…