Ethiopian Airlines was due to resume flying the Boeing 737 MAX plane on Tuesday (February 1), but opinions are divided on the airline's first flight using the model since a crash nearly three years ago forced regulators to ground the fleet globally. The accident followed another incident five months earlier, when the same model crashed in Indonesia, killing 189 people. Some relatives of those killed in the Ethiopian Airlines crash were angered by the decision to resume flying the 737 MAX. Ethiopian Airlines said in a statement on Jan. 22 that the decision came "after intense recertification" by multiple regulatory bodies. Ethiopia is among the last countries to return the 737 MAX to service; it is already flying in the United States, Europe, China, Australia, Japan, and Indonesia.

Source: Ethiopian News February 01, 2022 18:34 UTC