ULAN BATOR, Mongolia, March 11 (NNN-MONGOLIA WEB) – Mongolia’s Civil Aviation Authority said on Monday that, it had ordered the country’s national air carrier MIAT, to temporarily suspend its Boeing 737 MAX aircraft operations.
The move came a day after an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX 8 bound for Nairobi crashed, minutes after take-off, killing all 157 people on board. The accident was the second crash involving the 737 MAX in the last four months. In Oct, Indonesia’s Lion Air plane crashed into the sea, off the country’s capital of Jakarta, killing all 189 people on board.
“We decided to suspend operations of MIAT’s Boeing 737 Max 8 plane from Monday until further notice,” the Mongolian Civil Aviation Authority said, in a statement.
The national carrier of Mongolia received a Boeing 737 Max 8 jet on Feb 21. The delivery was first of four 737 MAX ordered by the MIAT.
Ethiopian Airlines has grounded its Boeing 737 MAX 8 fleet on Sunday, after the accident.– NNN-MONGOLIA WEB
