Boeing’s Net Commercial Plane Orders Drop for First Time in Decades

Boeing 737 Max jets sit parked in Renton, Washington, on Dec. 16, 2019. Elaine Thompson/AP File

The fallout from the 737 Max crisis continues to bedevil Boeing, with the firm announcing its commercial airplane operations lost orders in 2019, marking the first time in decades that the planemaker has taken this type of hit to its business.

The company has been in turmoil after two crashes, five months apart and both involving the Max, killed 346 people.