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Ethiopian Airlines: ‘No survivors’

Ethiopian Airlines: ‘No survivors’
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An Ethiopian Airlines has crashed shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa, it has killed everyone on board, on Sunday.

The airline was carrying 149 passengers and eight crew members on flight ET302 from the Ethiopian capital to Nairobi in Kenya. It is said 32 were Kenyans, 18 Canadians, 8 Americans and 7 British nationals were on the flight.

The crash happened six minutes, 08:44 local time, after the few months old Boeing 737 Max-8 took off. This is five months after the same model crashed.

The crash of the disaster is not clear however, the pilot had reported difficulties and had asked to return to Addis Ababa.

Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam told reporters at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa said “At this stage, we cannot rule out anything,”

“We cannot also attribute the cause to anything because we will have to comply with the international regulation to wait for the investigation.”

The 737 Max-8 aircraft is relatively new to the skies has only been used commercially since 2017. Boeing said they were “deeply saddened” by the crash and offered to send a team to help with technical assistance.

China’s aviation authorities ordered the country’s airlines to ground boeing 737 Max 8 jets. The civil aviation administration of China said it made the decision “in view of the fact that the two air crashes were newly delivered Boeing 737-8 aircraft” and had “certain similarities”.

A spokesperson for Korean Air, which has ordered 30 of the aircraft, told the Guardian: “Korean Air is monitoring the situation closely, and for now we do not have any changes in our existing orders for Boeing 737 Max 8s.”

Cayman Airways said: “While the cause of this sad loss is undetermined at this time, we stand by our commitment to putting the safety of our passengers and crew first by maintaining complete and undoubtable safe operations, and as such, we have taken the decision to suspend operations of both our new Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, effective from Monday March 11, 2019, until more information is received.”

Here is the list of airlines that have the aircraft in their fleet.

CONFIRMED AS HAVING GROUNDED

Chinese-regulated airlines. These include:

  • Shenzhen Airlines (delivery of first 737 Max 8 in July 2018)
  • China Eastern Airlines (delivery of first 737 Max 8 in Dec 2017)
  • Air China (delivery of first 737 Max 8 in Nov 2017)

Others:

  • Ethiopian Airlines
  • Cayman Airways

AIRLINES CONTINUING TO OPERATE THE 737 MAX 8

  • Norwegian Air shuttle (delivery of first 737 Max 8 in June 2017) – “in close dialogue with Boeing”.
  • Flydubai (delivery of first 737 Max 8 in July 2017) – “monitoring”.
  • TUI Group (delivery of first 737 Max 8 in January 2018) – “close contact with manufacturer”.

AIRLINES THAT OPERATE 737 MAX 8 (as confirmed by Boeing’s website)

  • LOT Polish Airlines (delivery of first 737 Max 8 in November 2017)
  • Corendon Airlines (delivery of first 737 Max 8 in May 2018)
  • Mauritania Airlines (delivery of first 737 Max 8 in Dec 2017)
  • SpiceJet (delivery of first 737 Max 8 in Oct 2018)
  • Okay Airways (delivery of first 737 Max 8 in June 2018)
  • SilkAir (delivery of first 737 Max 8 in Sept 2017)
  • Malindo Air (delivery of first 737 Max 8 in May 2017)
  • Lion Air (delivery of first 737 Max 8 in June 2017)
  • Sunwing Airlines (delivery of first 737 Max 8 in June 2018)
  • Aerolineas Argentinas (delivery of first 737 Max 8 in Nov 2017)

Others confirmed as using the Boeing 737 Max 8:

  • Air Italy
  • Oman Air
  • Jet Airways
  • Garuda Indonesia
  • WestJet
  • Southwest Airlines
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