The new Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft has crashed twice in less than five months, killing nearly 350 people. Ethiopian Airlines spokesman Asrat Begashaw said the pilot asked to return to Addis Ababa, from which the flight had departed. About two-thirds of the Boeing 737 Max 8, the company's newest plane, were pulled from service within two days of Sunday's crash. The initial crash of the Max 8 involved a Lion Air domestic flight in Indonesia on Oct. 29, 2018. During Sunday's Ethiopian Airlines flight, the plane nosedived minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa on a flight to Nairobi, Kenya, witnesses said.

Source: Ethiopian News March 13, 2019 16:41 UTC