More than two dozen airlines around the world have grounded their fleets of Boeing 737 Max 8 jetliners after the second deadly crash of the type in less than five months. A number of countries have also banned the airplane from operating in their airspace as crash investigators work to determine what may have caused the nearly brand new Ethiopian Airlines jet to crash minutes after takeoff from Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa Airport on Sunday, killing all 157 people on board.
Countries Ban Boeing 737 Max 8 from their Airspace after Ethiopian Airlines Crash
Key Takeaways:
- Numerous airlines and countries have grounded their Boeing 737 Max 8 fleets following a second fatal crash of the type (Ethiopian Airlines) in less than five months, mirroring a previous Lion Air incident.
- Investigators are focusing on the aircraft's Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), an anti-stall technology implicated in the Lion Air crash due to faulty angle-of-attack readings, prompting Boeing to develop a software upgrade.
- While many global authorities and airlines have taken precautionary grounding measures, U.S. airlines continue to operate the 737 Max 8, and the FAA states it currently lacks sufficient evidence to mandate a grounding.
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