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Indonesia’s Garuda cancels order for 50 Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes

Indonesia’s national flag carrier Garuda on March 22 announced that it is moving to cancel a 4.9 billion USD order for 50 Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets after this type of plane was involved in two deadly crashes in less than five months.
Indonesia’s Garuda cancels order for 50 Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes ảnh 1Garuda Indonesia’s only Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft at Jakarta airport (Photo: Reuters)

Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia’s national flag carrier Garuda on March 22announced that it is moving to cancel a 4.9 billion USD order for 50 Boeing 737MAX 8 jets after this type of plane was involved in two deadly crashes in lessthan five months.

Garuda spokesperson Ikhsan Rosan said that the airline has sent a letter toBoeing, requesting the order to be cancelled.

The reason is that Garuda passengers in Indonesia have lost trust and no longerhave the confidence to fly with this plane, he explained, adding that theairline is awaiting a response from the US aircraft manufacturers.

Garuda had already received one of the 737 MAX 8 planes, part of a 50-planeorder in 2014. The airline is also talking to Boeing about whether or not toreturn the plane it has received.

The carrier had so far paid Boeing about 26 million USD, while its leader saidthat the airline would consider switching to a new version of the single-aislejet.

This month,Indonesia’s Lion Air said was postponing taking delivery of four new Boeing 737Max 8 jets after an Ethiopian Airlines plane of the same model crashed minutesinto a flight to Nairobi, killing all 157 people on board.

That came after a LionAir jet of the same model crashed in Indonesia in October, killing all 189people on board.-VNA
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