Boeing has been facing a lot of heat for its consecutive crashes and technical glitches. It has failed to fix its perennial engine problem and has been grounded until its software enhancement is complete.
The Lion Air Crash that took place on October 29 claiming 189 lives also led to the death of a 31-year-old Indian pilot named Bhavye Suneja. His wife Garima Sethi in a detailed interview to the Washington Post said that Boeing was ¡°playing with the lives of its passengers.¡±
Sethi informed that three months after the deadly attack she sat with the senior officials of Indonesian carrier and asked them to stop operating the Boeing 737 MAX jet. However, her request was not paid attention to as the officials said that they needed more information on the tragedy to take such a step.
Photo: 31-year-old Indian pilot of the Indonesian carrier, Bhavye Suneja
Now, she believes a second crash of a Boeing Max jet, in Ethiopia this month, could have been prevented if the appeals by the victims' families were given more weight by Lion Air and others.
31-year-old Sethi said that they tried to do their part but nobody heard them. Boeing repeatedly assured the world that their 737 MAX jets were safe until the recent Ethiopian airline crash.
Sethi was out with a friend in Delhi on March 10 when she heard that an Ethiopian Airlines jet had crashed. She immediately rushed home to find out more.
"It was altogether the same story," she said. "I don't have any words." she informed the international publication. She further reiterated that she was looking at some type of justice and whoever was at fault should claim responsibility for their mistakes.
Sethi described his husband as somebody who was a ¡°passionate flier and a good human being.¡±
In the first week of March, it was reported that the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States had discovered stark similarities between the Ethiopian aircraft crash and the Lion air crash in Indonesia. The discovery had led the agency to ground all Boeing 737 MAX 8 and 9 planes for weeks.
In an emergency order, the US lawmakers said that both the disasters posed a probability of a shared cause that needs to be better understood and addressed. The planes will remain grounded until a software upgrade can be tested and installed.
Boeing again ran into trouble in its home turf itself after a 737 Max made an emergency landing in Orlando, Florida, after experiencing an engine problem on March 26.
The flight operated by Southwest Airlines was being flown to storage when it developed an engine problem, immediately after takeoff, forcing the crew to declared an emergency and landed safely in Orlando.