Ethiopian Airlines and Indonesia’s Lion Air are set to resume flights with the Boeing 737MAX jet for the first time since two deadly crashes involving the aircraft type. Lion Air flight JT610 crashed into the Java Sea shortly after takeoff on October 29, 2018. Airlines continued to operate their 737MAX crashes as an investigation into the Lion Air accident got underway. On Tuesday, Indonesia said it had finally lifted its ban on 737MAX flights more than three years after the fatal Lion Air crash. The regulator said the ban would be lifted immediately but Lion Air did not immediately say it planned to resume MAX flights.

Source: Ethiopian News December 28, 2021 12:23 UTC