Britain bans Boeing 737 Max from its airspace as China, Australia and other nations ground the jets
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Source: Washington Post
BREAKING: Britain becomes the first European nation to ban the use of the plane. The country’s civil aviation authority said the move was a “precautionary measure” because it did not have sufficient information about the crash.
BEIJING — When China became the first country on Monday to order all Boeing 737 Max 8 planes grounded in the wake of the Ethiopian Airlines crash, its aviation regulator sent an unmistakable signal: the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is no longer the only authority in civil aviation worldwide.
After China ordered a dozen carriers to ground their 96 planes — roughly a quarter of all 737 Max in operation globally — authorities in Ethiopia, Singapore, Indonesia, Morocco and Mongolia quickly followed suit, as did carriers in Latin America and South Korea.
Despite the FAA issuing a statement backing the Boeing jet’s airworthiness, Britain, Australia, Malaysia and Oman became the latest countries to ground the model a day later, with authorities saying the aircraft would not be allowed to fly to or from their countries pending the investigation.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/chinas-ban-on-the-boeing-737-max-inspires-others-and-ramps-up-pressure-on-the-faa/2019/03/12/4d4bf2b0-44a3-11e9-90f0-0ccfeec87a61_story.html
Full title: Britain bans Boeing 737 Max from its airspace as China, Australia and other nations ground the jets after deadly crashes
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