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Originally Posted by IanMan

There is a common flaw associated with the 737 and that is a rudder reversal defect which leads to a single point of failure. It likely contributed to this crash. More info here:

http://airlinesafety.com/faq/B-737Ru...h0dyFgVqMnj-hc

That problem was identified and solved in the late 90’s. The 737 rudder system was redesigned after the investigation and with the advent of the 737 NG’s (which the MAX 8 is a new derivative of the NG) the 737 hasn’t had that issue since, so stop with the wild speculation.

If you want to read about the investigation:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boei..._rudder_issues