• Australia and Singapore banned all Boeing 737 Max 8 planes from their airspaces on Tuesday, two days after 157 people were killed on such a plane during a flight from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Nairobi, Kenya. The Max 8, a new fuel-efficient version of Boeing’s most popular aircraft, has crashed twice in five months, leading to concerns about its safety. • Several more airlines grounded their Boeing 737 Max 8 planes on Monday and Tuesday, increasing to 25 the number of companies that have taken the aircraft out of service. • Boeing stands by the airworthiness of the plane but said that it planned to issue a software update and was working on changes to its flight controls and training guidelines.

Source: New York Times March 12, 2019 05:08 UTC