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Boeing 737 Max: The FAA wanted a safe plane – but didn't want to hurt America’s biggest exporter either

  • Written by Susan Webb Yackee, Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Boeing 737 Max: The FAA wanted a safe plane – but didn't want to hurt America’s biggest exporter eitherBoeing is accused of not being fully forthcoming about changes it made to the 737 Max.AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

Recent incidents aside, air travel is incredibly safe these days.

Global airplane fatalities averaged 840 a year from 2010 to 2018, compared with almost 2,000 in the 1990s. In fact, this decade is on pace to see the fewest casualties since...

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