By AFPMore by this AuthorIndonesia has said it grounding its Boeing 737 Max 8 aeroplanes after the Ethiopian Airlines crash and another deadly accident in October near Jakarta involving the same model. "The Director General of Air Transport will take steps to carry out inspections and temporarily prohibit Boeing 737 Max 8 from flying in Indonesia," Director General of Air Transport Polana Pramesti told reporters in Jakarta. KILLEDOn Sunday, 157 passengers and crew members of a 737 Max operated by Ethiopian Airlines were killed shortly after the Nairobi-bound flight took off from Addis Ababa. Ten of Indonesia's Max 8 jets are operated by Lion Air while the other is flown by national carrier Garuda. The decision from Indonesia's transport ministry came as China also ordered its airlines to suspend commercial operations of the state-of-the-art model earlier Monday.

Source: Daily Nation March 11, 2019 12:31 UTC