A China Eastern spokesman confirmed the report, but declined further comment. The day before, an Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max crashed minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people on board, including eight from China. China Eastern "said that grounding Boeing 737 Max 8 planes had resulted in great losses for the company, and the losses are still expanding", Xinhua reported. Boeing acknowledged Saturday it had to correct flaws in its 737 Max flight simulator software used to train pilots. The firm's statement about the simulator marked a first acknowledgement of a shortcoming since the two accidents led to the worldwide grounding of the top-selling airliner.

Source: Bangkok Post May 22, 2019 05:10 UTC