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- Ethiopian Airlines resumed recently (on Tuesday) passenger flights on board Boeing 737 MAX
- Since the crash in 2019 that killed 157 people, the services by this pedigree of aircraft were suspended
- Return to the skies of Boeing 737 MAX is expected to give much needed leverage to the airline industry in the country
- The airline, in a statement said the decision came after “intense recertification” by regulators in the United States, the European Union, China and Ethiopia
Ethiopian Airlines resumed recently (on Tuesday) passenger flights on board Boeing 737 MAX. Since the crash in 2019 that killed 157 people, the services by this pedigree of aircraft were suspended. Return to the skies of Boeing 737 MAX is expected to give much needed leverage to the airline industry in the country.
The airline, in a statement said the decision came after “intense recertification” by regulators in the United States, the European Union, China and Ethiopia. The Boeing 737 MAX was involved in two crashes, leading to its global grounding nearly three years ago. The unfortunate flights were Ethiopian airline’s Flight 302 from Addis Ababa to Nairobi and Lion Air’s flight 610 from Jakarta to Bangka Island.
That time, Ethiopian airlines had four of the jets in its fleet. Thirty other airlines of different nationalities also are operating the Boeing aircraft now. Their pilots, engineers, aircraft technicians, and cabin crews were fully prepared and trained to handle the emergencies.
Boeing has reached an agreement with the victims’ families who were killed in the accidents, according to legal documents filed by the aircraft manufacturer in November in Chicago
