Global concerns are mounting over the safety of the state-of-the-art Boeing 737Max aircraft type that crashed and killed all 157 persons in Ethiopia on Sunday. ICYMI Boeing PlanCrash Aircraft
A man carries a piece of debris on his head at the crash site of a Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines flight near Bishoftu, a town some 60 kilometres southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 10, 2019. – A Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines Boeing crashed minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa on March 10, killing all eight crew and 149 passengers on board, including tourists, business travellers, and “at least a dozen” UN staff.
The carrier, last September, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Boeing to acquire 10 of the aircraft. He said: “We are yet to take delivery of the aircraft as we are still at the design and configuration stage of the order. This clarification has become necessary in view of numerous calls and enquiries on our response to the incidents involving the B737 Max 8 aircraft.
Ojikutu added that following the Lion Air crash in October, Boeing should have withdrawn the aircraft type to do a thorough investigation review of the causes of the incessant accidents on the model. The latest tragedy comes after a Lion Air flight went down over the Java Sea last October, killing all 189 people on board.
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