mo4ch:>China grounds its 737 MAX fleet after modern Boeing jet suffers 2nd crash in 5 months | Mo4ch News

Chinese airlines have been ordered to ground their Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes, after the modern jet suffered a second fatal crash in just five months – with its aviation watchdog noting disturbing similarities between the incidents.“Given that two accidents both involved newly delivered Boeing 737-8 planes and happened during take-off phase, they have some degree of similarity,” the Civil Aviation Administration of China said Monday, emphasizing its principle of zero-tolerance on any safety hazards.All Chinese domestic airlines were requested to suspend operation of the 737-8s by 6:00pm local time (10:00am GMT) and, according to local media and flight tracking resources, on most routes the jet has already been replaced with older-generation planes. Also on rt.comEthiopian Airlines brand new Boeing 737 MAX crashes on way to Kenya with 157 people on boardWith the first 737 MAX crash in late October still under investigation, the tragedy on Sunday that claimed 157 lives might well have been…