Airlines in Asia, Africa ground Boeing 737 Max 8s after second death crash in four-ish months

Airlines in Asia, Africa ground Boeing 737 Max 8s after second death crash in four-ish months

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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/03/11/china_boeing_737/

China has grounded all Boeing 737 Max 8s on its civil aircraft register after one of the US-made airliners crashed yesterday near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Operators in other countries, including South Africa and Thailand, have followed suit.

A four-month-old 737 Max 8 operated by Ethiopian Air came down on Sunday shortly after takeoff, killing all 157 people aboard. An identical aircraft crashed about four months ago in a flight operated by Indonesian airline Lion Air, killing 189 people.