A man carries a piece of debris on his head at the crash site of a Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines flight near Bishoftu, a town some 60 kilometres southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 10 (Source: AFP)Hanoi (VNA) – The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) on March12 banned the use of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in its airspace following a deadlyEthiopia plane crash at weekend.
The Ethiopian AirlinesBoeing 737 MAX 8 went down minutes after takeoff for a flight to Nairobi onMarch 10, killing all 157 people on board. It was the same type of the jetoperated by Lion Air which crashed in Indonesia in October, killing 189passengers and crew.
The CAAS said in astatement it was "temporarily suspending operation of all variants of theBoeing 737 MAX plane into and out of Singapore in light of two fatal accidentsinvolving this type of aircraft in less than five months."
The suspension begantaking effect from 2pm of March 12, it said.
On March 11, MalaysianMinister of Economic Affairs Azmin Ali said that the country’s sovereign wealthfund, Khazanah, would reconsider the purchase of 25 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft forits flagship carrier Malaysia Airlines.
At present, Malaysia’sthree largest carriers, namely MAS, AirAsia and Malindo, all do not operate anyBoeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.-VNA
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