China today ordered domestic airlines to suspend the commercial operation of the Boeing 737 MAX 8, citing the Ethiopian Airlines crash and another deadly accident of that same model in Indonesia.
The statement cited the Kenya-bound Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa yesterday, killing all 157 people on board. It also mentioned the Indonesia Lion Air flight, which crashed after takeoff from Jakarta in October last year, killing all 189 people on board