Trump announces plan to ground all Boeing 737 MAX planes

Trump issues emergency order prohibiting all 737 MAX 8, 737 MAX 9 flights


Afp March 13, 2019
PHOTO: REUTERS

WASHINGTON DC: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a plan to ground all Boeing 737 MAX aircraft amid intense international and political pressure following the second deadly crash in less than five months.

The countries grounding Boeing's 737s

"We're going to be issuing an emergency order of prohibition regarding all flights of the 737 MAX 8 and 737 MAX 9," Trump told reporters the White House.

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