Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu has asked Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to undertake safety assessment of Boeing 737 MAX planes operated by domestic airlines.
Recent Crashes:
The direction comes a day after a 737 MAX aircraft, operated by Ethiopian Airlines was crashed in which 157 people lost their life.
Two deadly crashes in a span of less than five months involving one of the most modern aircraft in the market, the Boeing 737 MAX 8, have prompted aviation authorities and airlines to draw similarities between the two incidents.
On October 29 last year, shortly after takeoff from Jakarta, a MAX 8 operated by Lion Air went down into the Java Sea after loss of control.
This weekend, a Nairobi-bound jet of the same make operated by Ethiopian Airlines crashed minutes after it had become airborne in Addis Ababa.
A total of 346 people were killed in the two accidents.
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