Authorities recover the damaged black box from an Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi, killing all 157 people on board, as China and Indonesia ground their fleets of the type of plane involved in the incident.
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.Ethiopian state media reported the black box was damaged but authorities would see what they could retrieve from it
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. China's Civil Aviation Administration said it had ordered airlines to ground all 737 MAX 8 aircraft as of 10:00pm , in line with the principle of"zero tolerance for security risks".
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.
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