China’s civil aviation regulator on Monday ordered domestic carriers to ground nearly 100 Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes, citing flight safety, a day after an aircraft of similar model operated by Ethiopian Airlines crashed in Addis Ababa killing all 157 passengers and crew, including four Indians.
The crash of Ethiopian Airlines plane came five months after another Boeing 737 MAX 8 of Lion Air crashed in Indonesia that killed 189 passengers and crew.
Apart from China, Indonesia and Ethiopia have also ordered airlines to ground their Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes. There were similarities between the two mishaps, since they both occurred during take-off, involving new aircraft that had just been delivered, the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported quoting a statement by the Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC).
