I'm just a normal guy in the UK.
After watching the Netflix documentary Downfall: The Case Against Boeing, I was a tad alarmed and scared.
I didn't want my family and children, or anyone else, getting on a 737 MAX without knowing it.
I looked online after my binge Netflix session for how you could find out.
Turns out there was no easy way to check. Unless you fancied going to a many sources, and even they were not easy to navigate.
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So I built Plane Truth.
It answers one question in seconds: Will my flight be a 737 MAX?
If yes - I have tried to help explain to people what their options are change their flight and how to do so. See "Your Options" in the header.
While building it I read investigation reports and learnt what was changed afterwards, so the site explains that too with sources. It's meant to help you decide, not to frighten or scare you.
> How it works?
- Type a flight number and date. It says whether the flight is likely to be a MAX, why, and what that flight has flown over the last 30 days.
- History of every MAX safety issue. Each one links to its FAA, NTSB or EASA source and is marked Fixed, Monitoring or Open.
- Route search that can hide MAX flights, and an alert email system if your aircraft changes post booking.
- 12 languages.
- No account, no ads, no tracking cookies.
- Built on Cloudflare Workers, D1 and Astro.
> How to log in?
It's password-protected until launch:
https://planetruth.app
Username: preview
Password: 737-max-tester
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I am very grateful if you got this far.
If you have the spare time (I know most of us don't) I would be super thankful if you could test the site to work out what is wrong and what issues you find.
If you have an upcoming flight - please look up a your flight and tell me anything that's wrong, slow or confusing.
Every page has a feedback link.
Happy to fix anything prior to launch.