Accidents
China, Ethiopian Airlines Ground Their Max 8 Fleets
The Civil Aviation Authority of China grounds more than a quarter of the global fleet of Boeing 737 Max 8s.
Air China had to ground all 15 of its Boeing 737 Max 8s as ordered by the Chinese CAA. (Photo: Boeing)
Air China had to ground all 15 of its Boeing 737 Max 8s as ordered by the Chinese CAA. (Photo: Boeing)

Ethiopian Airlines has followed the Civil Aviation Authority of China in grounding all its Boeing 737 Max 8s in response to Sunday morning’s crash of one of the airplanes outside Addis Ababa, killing all 157 aboard. The grounding by China’s CAA affects 96 Max 8s registered in the country, or more than a quarter of the global fleet. On Monday morning Ethiopian Airlines said it had grounded the remaining five Max 8s in its fleet, citing the need for “an extra safety precaution.”