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NAIROBI (REUTERS) - An Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi crashed on Sunday morning (March 10), Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said.
A spokesman for the airlines told Reuters the flight crashed early on Sunday with 149 passengers and eight crew members aboard.
Flight ET 302 crashed near the town of Bishoftu, 62km south-east of the capital Addis Ababa, the airline said, confirming the plane was a Boeing 737-800 Max.
“It is confirmed it happened 8.44 (am),” said the spokesman, who did not give his name.
The Ethiopian prime minister's official Twitter account expressed condolences to the families of those lost in the flight.
"The office of the PM, on behalf of government and people of Ethiopia, would like to express it's deepest condolences to the families that have lost their loved ones on Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 on regular scheduled flight to Nairobi, Kenya this morning," the PM's office said on Twitter.


The Boeing 737-800 Max is the same type of plane as the Indonesian Lion Air jet that crashed last October, 13 minutes after takeoff from Jakarta, killing all 189 people on board.
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The last major accident involving an Ethiopian Airlines passenger plane was a Boeing 737-800 that exploded after taking off from Lebanon in 2010, killing 83 passengers and seven crew.


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An Ethiopian Airlines flight has crashed on its way to Nairobi with deaths being reported, the Ethiopian prime minister's office said.

The office issued a statement on Sunday morning saying the Boeing 737 was on a regularly scheduled flight when it crashed.

A spokesman for the airline confirmed the plane crashed shortly before 9am (local time) with 149 passengers and eight crew members on board.

Flight tracking website FlightRadar24 said the flight had "unstable vertical speed" after take-off.

It is believed the plane crashed six minutes after taking off and 31 miles from Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa.

The PM's office said on Twitter: "The office of the PM, on behalf of government and people of Ethiopia, would like to express it's deepest condolences to the families that have lost their loved ones on Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 on regular scheduled flight to Nairobi, Kenya this morning."
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An Ethiopian Airports Enterprise fire engine drives to the scene of the Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town of Bishoftu, southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (REUTERS)

The state-owned Ethiopian Airlines calls itself Africa's largest carrier and has ambitions of becoming the gateway to the continent.

A statement from the airline said they had no confirmed information about survivors or any possible causalities.

"Ethiopian Airlines staff will be sent to the accident scene and will do everything possible to assist the emergency services," the statement said.
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An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane (file photo) (REUTERS)

The airline has established a number of helplines for family and friends who may have been on the flight.

The last deadly crash of an Ethiopian Airlines passenger plane was in 2010, when the plane crashed minutes after takeoff from Beirut killing all 90 people on board.



The crash comes as the country's reformist prime minister vowed to open up the airline and other sectors to foreign investment in a major transformation of the state-centered economy.

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An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet has crashed on a flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi in Kenya.
The flight is believed to have had 149 passengers and eight crew members on board, the airline says.
A spokesman said the crash happened at 08.44 local time on Sunday, shortly after take-off from the Ethiopian capital.
First word of the crash came when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed expressed his "deepest condolences" on Twitter.

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In a statement, the airline said that search and rescue operations were under way near the crash site around the town of Bishoftu, which is 60km (37 miles) south-east of the capital.
It did not provide details on the number of casualties. It is not clear what caused the crash.
"Ethiopian Airlines staff will be sent to the accident scene and will do everything possible to assist the emergency services," the statement added.
Boeing, the company that built the aeroplane, said in a tweet that it was "closely monitoring the situation".
Its 737 Max-8 aircraft is relatively new to the skies, having been launched in 2016. It was added to the Ethiopian Airlines fleet late last year.
Another plane of the same model was involved in a crash five months ago, when a Lion Air flight crashed into the sea near Indonesia with nearly 190 people on board.

What do we know about the airline's safety record?
Ethiopian Airlines flies to many destinations in Africa, making it a popular carrier in a continent where many airlines fly only from their home country to destinations outside Africa.
It has a good reputation for safety, although in 2010 one of the company's aeroplanes crashed in the Mediterranean Sea shortly after leaving Beirut.
The incident killed 90 people on board.
The airline's highest fatalities to date came in a November 1996 crash during a hijacking on a flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi.
One of the aeroplane's engines stopped when the fuel ran out and although pilots attempted an emergency water landing, they hit a coral reef in the Indian Ocean and 123 of the 175 people on board were killed.
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"At this time search and rescue operations are in progress and we have no confirmed information about survivors or any possible causalities."
"Ethiopian Airlines staff will be sent to the accident scene and will do everything possible to assist the emergency services," the airline added.
The airline added that a passenger information center and hotline "will be available shortly for family or friends of those who may have been on flight."
The Ethiopian government expressed its "deepest condolences to the families of those that have lost their loved ones on Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 on regular scheduled flight to Nairobi, Kenya this morning," the office of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Twitter.

Ethiopia Airlines has gained the reputation of being one of the best airlines in Africa. It has a good safety record and the newest fleet of planes on the African continent, according to its website.
Boeing has just tweeted: "Boeing is aware of reports of an airplane accident and is closely monitoring the situation"
The Boeing 737-800MAX is the same type of plane as the Indonesian Lion Air jet that crashed soon after takeoff from Jakarta -- killing 189 people.
The aerospace giant tweeted addressed the Ethiopian Airlines accident on Twitter. "Boeing is aware of reports of an airplane accident and is closely monitoring the situation," it wrote.

The last major accident involving an Ethiopian Airlines passenger plane was in January 2010, when a flight from Beirut went down, killing 83 passengers and seven crew.
CNN's Max Ramsay contributed to this report.




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It is the plane! Which Boeing already admitted the problem and warned all their own customers.

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SHANGHAI: China's aviation regulator said on Monday (Mar 11) it had ordered Chinese airlines to suspend their Boeing 737 MAX aircraft operations by 6pm following a deadly crash of a 737 MAX 8 operated by Ethiopian Airlines.
An Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max 8 bound for Nairobi crashed minutes after take-off on Sunday, killing all 157 people on board.

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Chinese state TV said eight Chinese passengers were aboard Ethopian Airlines flight ET302, which was carrying 149 passengers and eight crew members.
It was the second crash of the 737 MAX, the latest version of Boeing's workhorse narrowbody jet that first entered service in 2017.
READ: Ethiopian Airlines Boeing crashes, killing all 157 on board

In October, a 737 MAX flown by Indonesian budget carrier Lion Air flying from Jakarta on a domestic flight crashed 13 minutes after take-off, killing all 189 passengers and crew on board.

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The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said in a statement it would notify airlines as to when they could resume flying the jets after contacting Boeing and the US Federal Aviation Administration to ensure flight safety.
"Given that two accidents both involved newly delivered Boeing 737-8 planes and happened during take-off phase, they have some degree of similarity," the CAAC said, adding that the order was in line with its principle of zero-tolerance on safety hazards.
The cause of the Indonesian crash is still being investigated. A preliminary report issued in November, before the cockpit voice recorder was recovered, focused on airline maintenance and training and the response of a Boeing anti-stall system to a recently replaced sensor but did not give a reason for the crash.
READ: Boeing 737 MAX safety record questioned after two tragedies

Caijing, a Chinese state-run news outlet that covers finance and economics, said many flights scheduled to use 737 Max planes would instead use the 737-800 models.
A Boeing spokesman declined to comment.
A US official told Reuters the United States was unsure of what information China was acting on.
The US official, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter, said there were no plans to follow suit given the 737 MAX had a stellar safety record in the United States and there was a lack of information about the cause of the Ethiopian crash.
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According to flight tracking website FlightRadar24 there were no Boeing 737 Max 8 planes flying over China as of 0043 GMT on Monday.


Most of Air China's 737 MAX fleet of 15 jets landed on Sunday evening, with the exception of two that landed on Monday morning from international destinations, according to data on FlightRadar24.
It did not list any upcoming scheduled flights for the planes, nor did China Southern Airlines, which also has its fleet on the ground.
China Eastern Airlines' four 737 MAX jets landed on Sunday evening and no further flights were scheduled until Tuesday, FlightRadar24 data showed.
Commentary: After Lion Air crash, some ask if Boeing’s 737 jets are safe to fly

Cayman Airways has grounded both of its new 737 MAX 8 jets until more information was received, the Cayman Islands airline said in a statement on its website.
Fiji Airways said it had followed a comprehensive induction process for its new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft and it had full confidence in the airworthiness of its fleet.
"We continue to ensure that our maintenance and training programme for pilots and engineers meets the highest safety standards," the airline said.
Singapore Airlines, whose regional arm SilkAir operates the 737 MAX, said it was monitoring the situation closely, without providing further details.
Indonesia said it would continue to monitor its airlines operating the 737 MAX, which include Lion Air and Garuda Indonesia but it did not mention any plan to ground the planes.

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WASHINGTON: For the second time in less than six months, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 has crashed minutes after takeoff and killed everyone on board, raising fresh questions about the safety of a model that is crucial to the US giant's future plans.
On Sunday (Mar 10), the 157 passengers and crew members of a 737 MAXoperated by Ethiopian Airlines were killed. It was the same model as the plane that crashed in Indonesia in October, claiming the lives of the 189 people it carried.

Only the flight data and cockpit conversation contained in the aircraft's two black boxes can provide tangible evidence of what may have caused the latest accident - technical problems, pilot error or a combination of factors.

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A man carries a piece of debris on his head at the crash site of a Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines flight near Bishoftu, a town some 60km southeast of Addis Ababa. (Michael TEWELDE/AFP)


"The pilot mentioned that he had difficulties and he wants to return. He was given clearance" to turn around," Ethiopian Airlines chief executive Tewolde GebreMariam told reporters in Addis Ababa.
Weather conditions were good in the Ethiopian capital at the time of the flight.

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While Teal Group expert Richard Aboulafia said it was "too soon to make any kind of meaningful comment," another expert stressed the similarities between the two incidents.
"It's the same plane. Like Lion Air, the (Ethiopia Airlines) accident took place shortly after takeoff and the pilots signaled they were experiencing problems, then the plane crashed. The similarities are clear," the aerospace expert added, requesting anonymity to speak freely on the matter.
READ: Boeing 'deeply saddened' by deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash
READ: At least 19 UN-affiliated personnel killed in Ethiopian crash

But Michel Merluzeau, director of Aerospace & Defense Market Analysis, noted that "these are the only similarities, and the comparison stops there as we do not have any other reliable information at this juncture."
In both cases, the air carriers have solid reputations.
Since the Lion Air accident, the 737 MAX has faced growing skepticism from the aerospace community. The program had already encountered problems during development.

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FILE PHOTO - Wreckage recovered from Lion Air flight JT610, that crashed into the sea, lies at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 29, 2018. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo

In May 2017, Boeing had halted 737 MAX test flights due to quality concerns with the engine produced by CFM International, a company jointly owned by France's Safran Aircraft Engines and GE Aviation.
In late January, 350 of the narrow-body, twin-engine plane were delivered to customers out of 5,011 orders from Boeing.
The latest accident is a major blow for Boeing, whose MAX carriers are the latest version of the Boeing 737, its bestseller of all times with more than 10,000 aircraft produced.
"MAX is a very important program for Boeing in the next decade. It represents 64 percent of the company's production to 2032, and has significant operational margins," said Merluzeau.
"It is an essential tool to global transport and trade."
He said the next 24 hours are "key" for Boeing to manage the crisis with both travelers and investors worried about the reliability of its plane.
Boeing said it was "deeply saddened" by the Ethiopian Airlines incident, adding that a technical team would be providing assistance to investigators.
The expert who requested anonymity said Boeing will likely face some backlash in the markets, but the damage will likely be limited for the group locked in a duopoly with Airbus.

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Following the Oct 29 incident, the aerospace community raised questions about the lack of information on the plane's anti-stall system.
After investigators said the doomed aircraft had problems with its airspeed indicator and angle of attack (AoA) sensors, Boeing issued a special bulletin telling operators what to do when they face the same situation.
An AoA sensor provides data about the angle at which air passes over the wings and tells pilots how much lift a plane is getting. The information can be critical in preventing an aircraft from stalling.
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SINGAPORE: SilkAir - the regional arm of Singapore Airlines (SIA) - said on Monday (Mar 11) that its Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes are operating as scheduled even as it is "closely monitoring the situation" following the Ethiopian Airlines crash.

The Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302, a Boeing 737 Max 8, crashed minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa on Sunday, killing all 157 people on board.

It was the second crash of the 737 MAX 8, the latest version of Boeing's workhorse narrowbody jet that first entered service in 2017.

SilkAir currently has six Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes in its fleet with another 31 on firm order.

According to global flight tracking service Flightradar24, the six planes travel to various destinations in Asia and Australia, including Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Phuket, Chongqing, Bangalore and Darwin.

"We are closely monitoring the situation and our Boeing 737-8MAX aircraft are continuing to operate as scheduled. Currently, within the Group, SilkAir has six 737-8MAX aircraft in service and another 31 on firm order," an SIA spokesperson said in response to Channel NewsAsia's queries.

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The plane had earlier come under the spotlight over safety concerns following the Lion Air crash last October that killed all 189 people on board just 13 minutes after takeoff from Jakarta.

READ: Boeing 737 MAX safety record questioned after two tragedies

Following Sunday's crash, China's aviation regulator has ordered Chinese airlines to suspend their Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft operations by 6pm.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China said in a statement it would notify airlines as to when they could resume flying the jets after contacting Boeing and the US Federal Aviation Administration to ensure flight safety.
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China and Indonesia have ordered their airlines to ground their Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes indefinitely after one of the aircraft crashed in Ethiopia, killing all 157 people on board.

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Ethiopian state media reported the black box was damaged but authorities would see what they could retrieve from it
SilkAir, which operates flights with the aircraft between Singapore and northern Australia, is monitoring the situation
The United Nations has joined organisations from around the world in mourning the 157 victims
The announcements came as Ethiopia's state-affiliated broadcaster reported the black box had been found from the Ethiopian Airlines aircraft, which crashed shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa on Sunday.

An airline official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the box was partially damaged and "we will see what we can retrieve from it".

The plane plunged into farmland minutes after take-off from Addis Ababa for Nairobi on Sunday.

"The plane was very close to the ground and it made a turn. We looked and saw papers falling off the plane," said Malka Galato, the farmer whose land the plane crashed on.

"Cows that were grazing in the fields ran in panic … There was smoke and sparks coming from the back of the plane."

The plane tried to climb but failed, then swerved sharply trailing white smoke and objects including clothes before crashing, said farmer Tamirat Abera, who was walking nearby.

The crash has drawn renewed scrutiny of the plane just four months after a crash of the same model of aircraft in Indonesia.

Ethiopian Airlines spokesman Asrat Begashaw said earlier that the carrier had grounded its remaining four 737 MAX 8 planes until further notice as an "extra safety precaution". The airline was using five new 737 MAX 8s and awaiting delivery of 25 more.

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China's Civil Aviation Administration said it had ordered airlines to ground all 737 MAX 8 aircraft as of 10:00pm (AEDT), in line with the principle of "zero tolerance for security risks".

Chinese airlines including Air China, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines and Hainan Airlines have 96 737 MAX 8 jets in service, the regulator said in a statement on social media.

Chinese aviation data firm Variflight said at least 29 international and domestic flights were cancelled on Monday and airlines had swapped out the plane on 256 other flights that had been scheduled to use it.

China Eastern's chairman, Liu Shaoyong, told local media the company would only consider resuming 737 MAX 8 flights once Boeing issued a safety commitment for the jets and proved there was no aircraft design link between the two crashes.

Indonesia's director-general of Air Transportation said the country would ground its 11 737 MAX 8 jets — 10 with Lion Air and one with Garuda Airlines — while Cayman Airways also said it was temporarily grounding the two 737 MAX 8 aircraft it operated.

Real-time flight radar apps showed dozens of the aircraft still operating around the globe.

A SilkAir aircraft is parked at an airport gate with the gangway down.
PHOTO SilkAir uses the Boeing 737 MAX 8 to operate flights from Singapore to Darwin and Cairns.

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Singapore Airlines affiliate SilkAir, which uses the aircraft on its flights between Singapore and northern Australia, said it was keeping an eye on the situation.

"We are saddened by the loss of flight ET302 and our hearts go out to all those affected," a Singapore Airlines spokesperson said.

"Safety is our top priority and we are currently monitoring the situation closely.

"SilkAir currently operates the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft on its Singapore-Darwin and Singapore-Cairns routes.
"SilkAir currently has five Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft in their fleet with a further 31 on firm order."

Middle Eastern budget carrier FlyDubai said it was in touch with Boeing and was "monitoring the situation" regarding its fleet of 11 737 MAX 8 aircraft, but had faith in its planes' airworthiness.

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Victims from diverse backgrounds remembered
The victims came from more than 30 nations and included 22 United Nations' staff.

The United Nations migration agency said one of its staffers, German citizen Anne-Katrin Feigl, was on the plane en route to a training course in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya and the plane's destination.

Germany's foreign ministry has officially confirmed that five of the crash victims were German citizens.

Three Austrian physicians, the co-founder of an international aid organisation, a career ambassador, the wife and children of a Slovak legislator and a Nigerian-born Canadian college professor were also among the victims.

Governments and organisations in Kenya (32 victims), Canada (18 victims), Ethiopia (nine victims), China, Italy, United States, France and the United Kingdom (all eight victims) paid tribute to victims from their countries.

The Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it received the news of retired ambassador Abiodun Oluremi Bashu's death "with great shock and prayed that the Almighty God grant his family and the nation, the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss".

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Boeing 737 MAX crash in Ethiopia marks second fatal flight for newest version of workhorse airliner — here's what we know
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VIDEO 1:17 The plane came down near the town of Bishoftu, 50 kilometres south of Addis Ababa
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Boeing's newest version of its most popular plane is again in the spotlight after another deadly crash minutes after take-off.

The Boeing 737 MAX 8 operated by Ethiopian Airlines crashed after leaving Addis Ababa on Sunday en route to Nairobi, the capital of neighbouring Kenya, killing all 157 people on board.

Here's what we know:

It's the same model as in the Lion Air crash
A Boeing 737 Max flies through a clear sky
PHOTO The Boeing 737 MAX first entered service with airlines in 2017.

REUTERS: PASCAL ROSSIGNOL
The accident is strikingly similar to last October's Lion Air crash off Indonesia.

Both planes were new Boeing 737 MAX 8 models, the newest version of the single-aisle, narrow-body aircraft, and both crashed just minutes after take-off.

The Lion Air plane plunged into the Java Sea, killing 189 people.

The preliminary report in the Lion Air crash found the pilots struggled to control the plane as an automatic safety system designed to prevent stalling repeatedly pushed the plane's nose down.

Pilots had to manually raise the nose to correct the flight, only for the sequence to repeat about five seconds later.

This happened 26 times, but the pilot failed to realise what was happening.

Investigators believed faulty information from sensors could have activated the system.

A police officer inspects debris recovered from the area where a Lion Air passenger jet crashed
PHOTO The Lion Air plane nose-dived into the sea, leaving just tiny pieces behind.

AP: TATAN SYUFLANA
In the wake of the crash, US pilots who were trained to fly the same model said Boeing had not told them about the new anti-stall system in training documents.

Pilots said Boeing issued a safety bulletin after the crash that included new details on how to disable the system.

Was the anti-stall system at fault here?
We don't know.

The jet showed an unstable vertical speed after take-off, air traffic monitor Flightradar24 said, and the senior Ethiopian pilot sent out a distress call.

The plane was given clearance to return to the airport but crashed six minutes after departing, ploughing into the ground at Hejere near Bishoftu/Debre Zeit, about 50 kilometres south of Addis Ababa, at 8:44am (local time).

The weather was clear at the time of the crash.



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Safety experts are cautioning against drawing too many comparisons between the Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air crashes until more is known about Sunday's disaster.

But William Waldock, an aviation safety professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, said suspicion would be raised because the same type of plane appeared to crash the same way — a fatal nosedive that left wreckage in tiny pieces.


"Investigators are not big believers in coincidence," he said.

Mr Waldock said Boeing would look more closely at the flight management system and automation on the MAX.

But he noted it was very early, and more would be known after investigators found and analysed the Ethiopian plane's black boxes.

Former US National Transport Safety Board (NTSB) chairman Mark Rosenker said the catastrophic crashes of two new airplanes soon after the 737 MAX 8 was introduced were "highly unusual" and both had broad similarities.

He said it was "now an extraordinary issue" for aviation safety officials to grapple with and would prompt a sweeping investigation.

Alan Diehl, a former NTSB investigator, said the similarities included both crews encountering a problem shortly after take-off, and reports of large variations in vertical speed during ascent, "clearly suggesting a potential controllability problem" with the Ethiopian jetliner.

But there are many possible explanations, Mr Diehl said, including engine problems, pilot error, weight load, sabotage or bird strikes.

He said Ethiopian Airlines had a good reputation, but investigators would look into the plane's maintenance, especially since that may have been an issue in the Lion Air investigation.

The Ethiopian plane was new and had been delivered to the airline in November.

Its last maintenance was on February 4, and it had flown just 1,200 hours.

Boeing said in a statement it was ready to assist in any investigation into the crash in Ethiopia.

Do Australian airlines use the 737 MAX?
Not yet, but Virgin Australia has ordered 30 of them.

The first of those are due to start flying at the end of the year, a Virgin Australia spokesman said.

Ethiopian Airlines had also ordered 30 of the planes and five were in operation before the fatal crash.

Around the world, just under 350 737 MAXs have been delivered by Boeing, as of January.

The MAX 8 is the newest version of a jet that has been a fixture of passenger travel for decades and the cash cow of the world's largest aircraft maker, competing against Airbus SE's A320neo family of single-aisle jetliners.

The decades-old 737 family is considered one of the industry's most reliable aircraft.

Boeing rolled out the fuel-efficient MAX 8 in 2017 as an update to the already redesigned 50-year-old 737.

Will airlines suspend the 737 MAX?
Ethiopian Airlines has grounded all its Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft as a safety precaution following the crash.

Ethiopian Airlines was using five new 737 Max 8 planes and was awaiting delivery of 25 more.

China has asked domestic airlines to ground all their 737 MAX jets, according to Bloomberg.

The Asian powerhouse is one of the biggest customers of the new 737 MAX model, with dozens of them in operation for Chinese airlines.

Cayman Airways separately announced it would suspend operations by its two 737 MAX planes "until more information is received".

Boeing says its plane is safe. The company's sales didn't suffer after the Indonesia crash, and its stock price has soared.

How is the crash affecting Boeing's other aircraft?
In the wake of the crash, Boeing announced it had postponed the planned ceremonial debut of its 777X widebody aircraft in Seattle.

A Boeing spokesman said there was no delay to the 777X program, but said the company was focused on "supporting" Ethiopian Airlines in the wake of the crash.

"We will look for an opportunity to mark the new plane with the world in the near future," the company said.

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Fucking CB Boeing, if they are not trying to murder then they must GROUND ALL their products immediately! All civil aviation authority must also order GROUNDING this model. Too obviously just a flying coffin. They can fucking ban Samsung Galaxy Note 7 blanket totally, when the phone only less than 2% batteries faulty. This Boeing is 100KX more fucking deadly. Fucking Galaxy Note 7 at very most just one user injured. This one whole flight no survivor.

Does fucking authorities have a reasonable rule of safety? Does it make sense to act blur and let another Boeing 737-800 Max 8 crash like this?

Jiak Sai ah???
 
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