BREAKING: China's civilian aviation authority orders all Chinese airlines to ground Boeing 737 Max 8 planes after Ethiopian Airlines crash
China’s civilian aviation authority has ordered all Chinese airlines to temporarily ground their Boeing 737 Max 8 planes after one of the aircraft crashed in Ethiopia.
It said the order was taken out of safety concerns because the crash was the second after another of the planes fell into the ocean off the coast of Indonesia in similar circumstances on Dec. 29, killing all aboard. Eight Chinese nationals were among the 157 people aboard the plane when it crashed Sunday shortly after takeoff.Boeing’s newest version of its most popular plane is again in the spotlight after a deadly accident in Ethiopia.
The plane was new. The weather was clear. Yet something was wrong, and the pilots tried to return to the airport. They never made it.
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