[onion2k]

What kind of a technical malfunction causes a new airliner to descend to the ground engulfed in flames mere minutes after takeoff?

There have been two 737 crashes minutes after take off in the past two years. Boeing have acknowledged the issue is real and have tried to fix. That goes a long way to suggest this plane might not have been shot down.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_accidents_and_incident...

[steve1977]

This problem does not cause the airplane to catch fire...

[p_l]

But recent CFM56 engines om 737-800 disintegrating at high power does. There were two cases (with one passenger death and 8 injured) in the USA with 737-800 suffering damage after engine disintegrated in flight.

[dotancohen]

Source: https://www.flightglobal.com/in-depth/ntsb-to-address-rare-t...

[djohnston]

This isn't a max 8

[my123]

Yes, there is a CFM engine issue that affects 737NGs and that can result in engine failure soon after takeoff for some rare cases.