The crash of flight 302 and a similar one in October, both flying the new 737 MAX 8, have cost 346 lives. The chief executive of Ethiopian Airlines has rejected media reports that optional equipment for Boeing 737 MAX planes was critical for safety aboard a flight that crashed this month. Grieving families, nervous travellers and airlines around the world are looking for answers while Boeing prepares updates aimed at getting the 737 MAX, with sales worth $500 billion at stake, back in the air. They have been flying Boeing planes since 1962 and have four MAX 8 jets, with another 25 worth some $3 billion on order. GarudaGaruda has written to Boeing asking to cancel its order for 49 737 MAX 8 planes, CFO Fuad Rizal said on Friday.

Source: Ethiopian News March 24, 2019 16:30 UTC