Boeing needs a Max replacement (but not because of the current accident)

But many consider the reaction to be premature. “Anyone who is judging now is doing so even though they don’t know what exactly happened at Alaska Airlines,” says Shakeel Adam, consultant and qualified aeronautical engineer. So it is by no means a given that the reason was a manufacturing error by Boeing. “It could be something completely different, like a problem from a supplier or carelessness from the maintenance company,” says Adam. However, he believes that a design error on Boeing’s part is unlikely. From his point of view, this is precisely what the past problems and crashes are responsible for. “The Boeing 737 Max and all of its technology were then examined and tested in more detail than any aircraft before,” adds Hamburg aviation expert Heinrich Großbongardt.