China’s air safety authority was one of the first to ground the Boeing 737 Max 8 jetliner after the recent devastating Ethiopian Airlines crash. The Boeing plane is, after all, on a list of goods to be purchased should the United States and China agree to end their trade war. The story of Chinese air travel begins in 1929 with the founding of the China National Aviation Corp. (CNAC). As the joke went, the Chinese Aviation Airline Co. stood for China Airlines Always Crashes. U.S. officials asked for briefings on China’s flight safety protocol.

Source: Ethiopian News March 29, 2019 03:56 UTC