Ethiopian Airlines to Resume Flying Boeing 737 MAX
Aircraft operated by the carrier had been involved in a deadly crash >>
by: Harvey Chipkin
Ethiopian Airlines plans to resume flying Boeing 737 MAX planes in February 2022, saying it was satisfied with their safety, according to a report in Reuters. In 2019, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX bound for Kenya, crashed six minutes after takeoff from Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, killing all 157 passengers and crew. Tewolde Gebremariam, the airline’s CEO, said in a statement, “Safety is our topmost priority .... and it guides every decision we make and all actions we take.” He said the carrier has taken enough time to monitor the design modification work and the more than 20 months of “rigorous rectification process,” adding, “our pilots, engineers, aircraft technicians, cabin crew are confident on the safety of the fleet.” The best-selling, single-aisle airplane, which was grounded worldwide after two crashes killed 346 people in the space of five months, returned to service in late 2020.
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