A representative for Lion Air declined to comment. The 737 MAX was grounded worldwide after a second deadly crash in Ethiopia in March 2019. Planemaker Boeing is under growing pressure to explain what it knew about 737 MAX problems before the aircraft entered service. LION AIR FLIGHTContact with Lion Air flight 610 was lost 13 minutes after it took off on Oct. 29 from the capital, Jakarta, heading north to the tin-mining town of Pangkal Pinang. Boeing last month settled the first claims stemming from the Lion Air crash, a U.S. plaintiffs' lawyer said.

Source: Ethiopian News October 23, 2019 05:25 UTC