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Ethiopian accident (5). EASA plans to ground the B-737 MAX aircraft

Rumors about a possible decision by the European agency

According to some rumors gathered by "Bloomberg" also the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) would be thinking of grounding the Boeing B-737 MAX 8 and prohibiting its use in the European Union (EU) airspace, following what has already been done by the civil aviation authority of the United Kingdom (see AVIONEWS), of China, of Australia, of Singapore and of Ethiopia, due to possible problems relating...

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Cologne, Germany, 03/12/2019 14:49
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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