UPDATE: EU suspends Boeing 737 Max flights after Ethiopia disaster
PR dla Zagranicy
Grzegorz Siwicki
12.03.2019 20:30
The European Union’s aviation safety regulator on Tuesday suspended all flights across the bloc by Boeing 737 Max planes after an air crash in Ethiopia that killed 157 people.
Wreckage lies at the site where the Ethiopia Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 plane crashed en route to Nairobi, Kenya, on Sunday. Photo: EPA/STR
Earlier in the day, Poland’s Civil Aviation Authority (ULC) indefinitely suspended all passenger flights by Boeing 737 Max 8 and Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft entering Polish air space, public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency reported.
Polish airline LOT said on Tuesday it was temporarily grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft in its fleet following the deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash.
A total of 149 passengers and eight crew from 35 countries, including two Polish nationals, were killed when an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 plane heading to Nairobi in Kenya crashed near Addis Ababa shortly after take-off on Sunday.
(gs/pk)
Source: IAR, Reuters