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Thailand to ban Boeing 737 MAX 9 flights
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IANS | 13 Mar, 2019
Thai authorities announced on Wednesday that they will close the
country's airspace to Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes over security concerns
after a deadly air crash in Ethiopia earlier in the week killed all 157
on board.
On Sunday, a Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane -- a lower model of
the Boeing 737 MAX 9 -- operated by Ethiopian Airlines, had crashed
shortly after taking off from the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. It was a
second crash involving the Boeing model in a short span of five months.
The
Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand said in a statement that while no
national airlines had the Boeing 737 MAX 8 in their fleet, however, for
security reasons they were suspending the services of three Boeing 737
MAX 9.
The suspension will come into effect on Thursday and will be in place until March 20, Efe news reported.
The three Boeing 737 MAX 9 planes belonged to Thai Lion Air, an associate company of Indonesia's low-cost carrier Lion Air.
On
October 29, 2018, a Boeing 737 MAX of the Indonesian Lion Air had
crashed into the Java Sea minutes after taking off from Jakarta with 189
occupants on board.
New Zealand Authorities also announced the
temporary suspension of the operation of all Boeing 737 MAX aircraft on
Wednesday. Hong Kong authorities, too, announced they will be
temporarily banning all Boeing B737 MAX aircraft from its airspace.
The
Civil Aviation Department in a statement said that it "decided to
temporarily prohibit operation of Boeing B737 MAX aircraft into, out of
and over Hong Kong. The temporary prohibition will take effect at 6 p.m.
Hong Kong time on March 13 and continue until further notice".
"The
temporary prohibition is solely a precautionary measure to ensure
aviation safety and protect the public," the statement added.
Despite
Boeing's assurances in the wake of the disaster, the European Union,
Britain and India joined China and other countries grounding the plane
or banning it from their airspace as they await the results of the crash
investigation.
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