Boeing has moved to ground its entire global 737 MAX aircraft fleet after an Ethiopian Airline crash killed 157 people. In preparation for long-term grounding, one US carrier has decided to move their MAX 8s out of city locations and out to the desert “graveyard”. Earlier today, the US Federal Aviation Administration announced a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max jet made a safe emergency landing in Orlando, Florida, after experiencing an apparent engine problem en route to the desert in California. The other major impact from the global grounding is flight cancellations across the US in particular, with some carriers warning hundreds of flights disruptions could happen in the next month. In a statement given to CBS News, American Airlines, which owns 24 Boeing 737 Max aircraft, is cancelling about 90 flights a day and is extending the cancellations through until the end of April.

Source: Ethiopian News March 27, 2019 02:48 UTC