The grounding will remain in effect indefinitely, the FAA said, pending the examination of flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders from Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. As the Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air crashes are still under investigation, there is no evidence that they had a common cause. Elwell told reporters the agency had held off on the grounding because they expected to have more flight data by now. China has one of the world's largest fleets of Boeing 737 Max 8s, operating 97 of the planes, according to Chinese state-run media. Aviation safety experts, regulators and pilots around the world remain divided on whether the Boeing 737 Max 8 is safe.

Source: CNN March 13, 2019 15:02 UTC