Tuesday 30 October 2018

Lion Air to meet Boeing on 31 October 2018, doesn't ground 737 MAX 8s

Report by : Udo Krupp
Edited and Picture by : Gan Yung Chyan
                                    / KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals



Indonesia's Lion Air will meet a team from Boeing on 31 October 2018 to discuss the fate of its 737 MAX 8 plane that crashed into the sea minutes after takeoff from Jakarta airport. "We have many questions for them... This was a new plane," Lion Air Director Daniel Putut told reporters. Indonesian officials will not ground 737 MAX 8s planes in their country, but they will have to undergo "an evaluation process" and additional inspections. The Lion Air flight that crashed in Indonesia on Monday morning flew erratically during a flight the previous evening when it experienced a "technical problem," but it had been resolved "according to procedure." It is the first crash for Boeing's 737 MAX jetliner. Shares plunged almost 7% following the news, as well as on reports that the U.S. was preparing to add tariffs to all remaining Chinese imports.

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