Ethiopian Airlines grounds Boeing 737-MAX

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia

Ethiopian Airlines said Monday it has decided to ground its Boeing-737-8 Max fleet after one of the planes crashed a day earlier, killing all 157 people on board.

The Nairobi, Kenya-bound plane crashed Sunday six minutes after it took off from the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport.

“Following the tragic accident of ET-302 … Ethiopian Airlines has decided to ground all B-737-8 MAX fleet effective yesterday March 10, 2019 until further notice,” the airline said in a statement.

“Although we don’t yet know the cause of the accident, we had to decide to ground the particular fleet as an extra safety precaution," it added.

In a related development, the Black Box of the crashed plane has been recovered, the airline announced.

In a news briefing yesterday, Tewolde Gebremariam, the airline's CEO, said they had received the brand-new plane last November and before the crash it had faced no technical problems.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia

Ethiopian Airlines said Monday it has decided to ground its Boeing-737-8 Max fleet after one of the planes crashed a day earlier, killing all 157 people on board.

The Nairobi, Kenya-bound plane crashed Sunday six minutes after it took off from the Addis Ababa Bole International Airport.

“Although we don’t yet know the cause of the accident, we had to decide to ground the particular fleet as an extra safety precaution," it added.

In a related development, the Black Box of the crashed plane has been recovered, the airline announced.

In a news briefing yesterday, Tewolde Gebremariam, the airline's CEO, said they had received the brand-new plane last November and before the crash it had faced no technical problems.