By EDNA TARIGAN, Associated PressJAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia said Wednesday it is lifting its ban on Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft, three years after one crashed into the Java Sea shortly after takeoff killing all 189 people on board. Political Cartoons View All 373 ImagesGovernments grounded the Boeing 737 Max after a total of 346 people were killed in the crashes of the Lion Air flight in Indonesia on Oct. 29, 2018, and an Ethiopian Airlines flight on March 10, 2019. Earlier this month, China became the last major market to approve the Boeing 737 Max after the United States allowed flights to resume in December 2020. Anton Sahadi, whose 24-year-old cousins Muhammad Rafi Ardian and Rian Ariandi died in the 2018 crash, said that he regrets the government decision to let the 737 Max fly again. “I do not see the urgency yet for Boeing’s 737 Max aircrafts to fly again in Indonesia.

Source: Ethiopian News December 29, 2021 10:52 UTC