The Ethiopian Airlines incident on Sunday was the second such crash involving a Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft in less than five months
A senior official of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said that (DGCA) all Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft would be grounded in India by 4 pm on Wednesday.
The Civil Aviation Ministry will hold a meeting with airlines at 4 pm to prepare a contingency plan as a number of flights have been cancelled following the grounding of Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft
The decision came days after a 737 MAX 8 aircraft operated by the Ethiopian Airlines crashed near Addis Ababa killing 157 people, including four Indians.
