Many Boeing 737 Max 8s grounded after Ethiopian crashWhat exactly brought down an Ethiopian Airlines jetliner just minutes after takeoff on Sunday has not been determined, but both the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder have been recovered. The crash of Flight 302 killed 157 people from around the world, including professors from Kenya, aid workers from Ethiopia, a career ambassador from Nigeria and a fisheries consultant from Britain. One scheduled passenger from Greece missed the flight by minutes. At least 23 airlines, largely in China, removed from service the Boeing model, the 737 Max 8, involved in this crash and a similar one five months ago, of a Lion Air flight in Indonesia that killed 189 people. In the U.S., the Association of Flight Attendants urged the Federal Aviation Administration to review the model, 350 of which have been delivered around the world.

Source: New York Times March 12, 2019 04:52 UTC