The manufacturer of 737 MAX airplanes, the Boring Company has succumbed to the world’s demand to ground the aircraft operations.
This was affirmed in a statement released by the company on Wednesday, as it said the operations of the airplanes should be temporarily grounded.
“On behalf of the entire Boeing team, we extend our deepest sympathies to the families and loved ones of those who have lost their lives in these two tragic accidents,” Dennis Muilenburg, president, CEO, Chairman of The Boeing Company said.
This happened after the U.S followed in line with other countries who announced that the aircrafts should be grounded.
The U.S President, Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the planes would now be grounded until Boeing “comes up with a solution”.
This made the US the last country to suspend the aircraft following the disaster.
The crash of one of the Boeing 737 MAX aircrafts on Sunday in Addis Ababa killed 157 people.
The second fatal Max 8 disaster in five months after one crashed over Indonesia in October, killing 189 people.
According to the Boeing company, the decision to ground the airplanes were reached after its consultation with the Federal Aviation Administration(FAA), the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and aviation authorities and its customers around the world.
“Boeing has determined out of an abundance of caution and in order to reassure the flying public of the aircraft’s safety to recommend to the FAA the temporary suspension of operations of the entire global fleet of 371 737 MAX aircraft,” the company said.
It added that the company is supporting “this proactive step out of an abundance of caution.”
It said this is because “safety is a core value at Boeing for as long as we have been building airplanes; and it always will be.”
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