This doesn’t look good for Boeing…
China has ordered all domestic carriers to ground their Boeing 737 MAX 8s after one of the jets seemingly dropped from the sky southeast of Addis Ababa just six minutes after taking off on Sunday. That accident – which killed all 157 people on board – was the second involving one of the jets in five months, and has led to speculation that Boeing might order all of the jets to be grounded pending further inspection.
Chinese media outlet Caijing was the first to report the decision, citing sources within China’s domestic airline industry. Thee 737 MAX, the fourth generation of Boeing’s narrow-body 737 line, was first flown in 2016, making the string of crashes – two in five months – unprecedented and, according to some analysts, extremely suspect.
China airline officials have suspended operations for the Boeing 737 Max aircraft: report pic.
