{"id":2994,"date":"2019-03-11T11:59:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T11:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/?p=2994"},"modified":"2019-03-11T11:59:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T11:59:27","slug":"airlines-ground-boeing-737-max-8-planes-after-ethiopian-air-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/11\/airlines-ground-boeing-737-max-8-planes-after-ethiopian-air-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Airlines ground Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes after Ethiopian air crash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Airlines in multiple countries have suspended the use of Boeing’s new 737 MAX 8 aircraft over concerns about its safety, after an Ethiopian Airlines flight of the same model crashed Sunday killing all 157 people on board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flight\n ET302 to Nairobi had just taken off from the Ethiopian capital of Addis\n Ababa Sunday when it reported technical problems and asked for \npermission to turn back. It crashed shortly afterwards.
As the crash \ninvestigation got underway, the Civil Aviation Administration of China \nordered Monday that all domestic Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets be out of the air\n by 6 p.m. local time, due to its principle of “zero tolerance for \nsafety hazards.”
China has one of the world’s largest fleets of \nBoeing 737 MAX 8, operating 97 of the planes, according to Chinese \nstate-run media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move was followed by an announcement from Ethiopian Airlines that\n the carrier had grounded its fleet of Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets as an \n“extra safety precaution.” Cayman Airways also said on Monday it was \ngrounding both of its “new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft … until more \ninformation is received.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday marked the second time in less than six months that a new \nBoeing aircraft crashed just minutes into a flight. A Lion Air Boeing \n737 MAX 8 flight went down over the Java Sea in last October, killing \nall 189 people on board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both crashes are under investigation and there is no evidence of a \nlink between the two, but similarities in the incidents have prompted \ncaution among some airlines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Given in both air crashes, the aircrafts\n were newly delivered Boeing 737 MAX 8, and both accidents occurred \nduring the take-off, they share certain similarities,” the Chinese \nadministration said in a statement. It added that it would contact \nBoeing and the US Federal Aviation Administration to confirm “flight \nsafety” issues before allowing the planes to fly again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mary Schiavo, a CNN aviation analyst and the former Inspector General\n of the US Transportation Department, called the two incidents “highly \nsuspicious.”
“Here we have a brand-new aircraft that’s gone down twice in a year. That rings alarm bells in the aviation industry, because that just doesn’t happen,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

State-owned Ethiopian Airlines is one of Africa’s leading aviation groups, and the continent’s largest carrier by number of passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kenyan and Ethiopian governments announced a joint disaster \nresponse team on Monday to investigate the crash. Kenya’s Cabinet \nSecretary of Transport James Macharia described it as a “very complex \ninvestigation.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement Sunday, Boeing said it was “deeply saddened” to hear \nabout the loss of life in the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“A Boeing technical team will be traveling to the crash site to provide technical assistance under the direction of the Ethiopia Accident Investigation Bureau and US National Transportation Safety Board,” the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Investigations ongoing <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ethiopian Airlines flight to Nairobi, in Kenya, lost contact with\n authorities shortly after takeoff at 8.44 a.m. local time, just minutes\n after it left Bole International Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tewolde GebreMariam, Ethiopian Airlines CEO, said at a press conference Sunday that the pilot had reported technical difficulties and had been given clearance to return to the Ethiopian capital<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

credit: CNN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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