Delta nearly joined its rivals in buying the troubled Boeing 737 Max

Delta Air Lines almost bought the troubled Boeing 737 Max aircraft, which was grounded worldwide earlier this year after its software was implicated in two crashes in five months that killed nearly 350 people.
"It was a close call," CEO Ed Bastian said on the earnings call this week. "We spent quite a few months analyzing and going back and forth."
Rivals American, United, and Southwest Airlines have 72 Max aircraft between them, meaning they've been forced to cancel thousands of flights and los