ETHIOPIAN Airlines, owners of the ill-fated Boeing 737 Max – 8 that crashed on Sunday, have opened condolence registers in Abuja, Lagos, Kano and Enugu.
The airline opened the registers at its offices in the four cities for the victims of ET Flight 302.Two Nigerians – Ambassador Abiodun Bashau and Prof Pius Adesanmi – were among the victims.
Ethiopian Airlines has grounded all B737-8Max airplanes in its fleet. The airline was not flying the B737 Max-8 on its Nigerian routes. The B777, B787 Dreamliner and the Airbus A350 are the aircraft deployed daily to Nigeria.The two crashes involving Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air has further put a question mark on the safety integrity of Boeing 737 Max-8.
The NCAA said there was no cause for worry, as no Boeing 737 Max-8 was being operateed in the country. Also yesterday, United States regulators ordered Boeing to make urgent improvements to the model and insisted that they would take action if safety issues are detected.
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