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Agence France-Presse

Indonesia said on Monday that it was grounding its Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets after the Ethiopian Airlines crash and another deadly accident involving the same model near Jakarta in October.
“The Director General of Air Transport will take steps to carry out inspections and temporarily prohibit Boeing 737 MAX 8 from flying in Indonesia,” said Director General of Air Transport Polana Pramesti.


The inspections on Indonesia’s 11 MAX 8 jets would start Tuesday and the planes would remain grounded until cleared by safety regulators, she added.
On Sunday, 157 passengers and crew members of a 737 MAX operated by Ethiopian Airlines were killed soon after the Nairobi-bound flight took off from Addis Ababa.
The plane is the same type as the Indonesian Lion Air jet that crashed in October, just minutes after take-off from Jakarta, killing all 189 people on board.
A silent plunge, then a deafening crash: how Indonesia’s Lion Air tragedy unfolded
Ten of Indonesia’s MAX 8 jets are operated by Lion Air while the other is flown by national carrier Garuda.
The decision from Indonesia’s transport ministry came as China also ordered its airlines to suspend commercial operations of the state-of-the-art model earlier Monday.
Noting the “similarities” between the two accidents, China’s Civil Aviation Administration said domestic airlines had until Monday evening to ground all 737 MAX 8 aircraft.


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Indonesia grounds Boeing 737 MAX fleet after Ethiopia crash

Debris of the crashed Ethiopian Airlines aeroplane. Photo: AFP

Aviation regulators of China, elsewhere ordered Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 to stop flying after second crash of the model in five months

A Boeing 737 Max 8 with the livery of Hainan Airlines. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) ordered all domestic carriers to stop flying the aircraft by 6pm, March 11, pending an investigation. Hainan Airlines operates 16 of the aircraft. Photo: SCMP/Hainan Airlines

In this photo taken from the Ethiopian Airlines Facebook page, the CEO of Ethiopian Airlines, Tewolde Gebremariam, looks at the wreckage of the plane that crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Sunday March 10, 2019. An Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed shortly after takeoff from Ethiopia's capital on Sunday morning, killing all 157 people thought to be on board, the airline and state broadcaster said, as anxious families rushed to airports in Addis Ababa and the destination, Nairobi. (Facebook via AP)

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The state-of-the-art aeroplane model was the same as that involved in another deadly accident near Jakarta in October


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Indonesia grounds Boeing 737 MAX fleet after Ethiopia crash

.css-1mniedq{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;}The state-of-the-art aeroplane model was the same as that involved in another deadly accident near Jakarta in October

The state-of-the-art aeroplane model was the same as that involved in another deadly accident near Jakarta in October