Crisis-hit plane-maker Boeing said in a statement it would cut down monthly production from 52 aircraft to 42, starting in mid-April. The decision comes after regulators worldwide grounded the company's 737 MAX planes in the wake of last month's Ethiopian Airlines crash, which left 157 people dead. That accident followed a similar Lion Air jet crash in Indonesia last October that killed all 189 people on board. All 370 of Boeing's 737 MAX 8 planes have been grounded since mid-March, but the company still has a backlog of about 4,600 unfilled orders. Read more: Boeing 737 MAX: Is the new airplane safe?

Source: Ethiopian News April 06, 2019 08:26 UTC