Half the world away, investigators are still sifting through the wreckage of a crashed Ethiopian Airlines flight in a field outside of Addis Ababa. The tragedy has led to safety concerns with Boeing’s 737 Max 8 aircraft. Many of the 19 UN staffers on board Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 were travelling to Nairobi for the environmental assembly. Several of the airlines who’ve grounded the 737 Max 8, including Ethiopian Airways, have done so without direction from their governments. Sunday’s crash bore similarities to the crash of a Boeing 737 owned by Lion Air in Indonesian seas last year, killing 189 people.

Source: thestar March 12, 2019 01:47 UTC