Countries Begin Grounding Boeing 737 MAX 8 Planes After Crash

After 157 people were killed when an airlines/ethiopian-airlines-crash-kills-all-onboard-including-8-americans.html” target=”_self” rel=”nofollow noopener noreferrer”>Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed in Ethiopia Sunday morning, aviation officials in China, Indonesia and Ethiopia have grounded the Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes in their fleets.

According to Reuters.com, investigators have found the black box containing the cockpit voice recorder and digital flight data from Sunday’s crash, which was the second major disaster involving the Boeing airplane model over the last six months.

Officials are hoping the Black Box can help them understand the cause of the crash.

“Although we don’t yet know the cause of the crash, we had to decide to ground the particular fleet as extra safety precaution,” an Ethiopian Airlines spokesperson told Reuters.

Chinese aviation authorities suspended operations of their 737 MAX 8 planes Monday until they could work closely with Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration in the United States to ensure the safety of the aircraft.

Indonesian officials also ordered a temporary ground stop for all Boeing 737 MAX 8 until they are inspected. The decision comes after a Lion Air 737 MAX crashed in October, killing all 189 people onboard.

Cayman Airways also revealed it had temporarily grounded both of its new 737 MAX 8 planes.

Sunday’s crash in Ethiopia took place six minutes after takeoff, with victims being reported from more than 30 countries, including eight Americans.