Boeing has lost billions of dollars in value this week as nation after nation announced they were barring the aircraft from flying. The single-aisle Max family is the Chicago-based planemaker’s largest seller and accounts for almost one-third of the company’s operating profit.
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US FAA defends vetting of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft
The Federal Aviation Administration said that the 737 MAX had passed multiple tests and reviews before being authorised to fly
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Boeing suspends deliveries of 737 Max planes after grounding
US aerospace giant takes action after the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight on Sunday, which killed 157 people
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US reverses course, grounds Boeing 737s
Boeing shares dropped by as much as 3.2% after Donald Trump’s announcement
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Flydubai says up to 15 daily flights cancelled after grounding 737s
Flights to Amman, Alexandria, Baghdad, Bahrain, Baku, Basra, Beirut, Dammam, Khartoum, Kuwait, Moscow, Muscat, Prague, Riyadh all affected
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No basis to ground Boeing 737 MAX airplanes, says US
The US has refused to join other countries in grounding the aircraft in the wake of the Ethiopian Airlines crash
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Video: What we know about the Boeing 737 MAX 8
Questions surround Boeing’s new model, the 737 MAX 8, after its second deadly crash in six months.
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India grounds Boeing 737 MAX aircraft
Indian carrier SpiceJet operates 12 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft
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In pictures: Biggest customers of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft
As of January, Boeing reported that it had delivered 350 of the single-aisle jets to 46 airlines. In total, orders from more than 80 operators exceed 5,000 planes. The main operators include Southwest Airlines, American Airlines and Air Canada, Norwegian Air, FlyDubai and several Chinese carriers also operate them.
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Ethiopian Airlines crash ‘unlikely’ to impact Boeing sales, despite share slump
Boeing’s stock price fell more than 5 percent on news of the Ethiopian Airlines crash
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Revealed: List of nations grounding their Boeing 737 MAX 8s
Oman Air said it was in contact with Boeing ‘to understand if there are any implications for other airlines operating the same model’
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US regulators order Boeing to make urgent software improvements to its 737 Max 8
Singapore regulator banned all types of MAX aircraft from its airspace, following orders to ground fleets in China and Indonesia
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Flydubai ‘confident’ about Boeing fleet after Ethiopian Airlines crash
Flydubai response comes after Chinese authorities grounded all its fleet of Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft
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In pictures: Ethiopian Airlines Boeing crashed minutes after takeoff
Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX-8 crashed minutes after an early-morning takeoff from Addis Ababa Sunday, killing all eight crew and 149 passengers on board, including tourists, business travellers, and at least one delegate to a UN meeting.
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Delay leads to Dubai resident missing Nairobi-bound Ethiopian Airlines flight
Greek man Antonis Mavropoulos was also saved from Ethiopian Airlines crash by being late
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One Saudi among ten Arabs on board crashed Ethiopian Airlines flight
Plane carried at least 19 UN officials, some of whom were en route to a major UN-sponsored environmental conference in Nairobi, Kenya
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China, Ethiopian Airlines ground Boeing 737 Max planes after fatal crash
One Saudi, six Egyptian and two Moroccans were on board the Ethiopian Airlines flight