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Australia joins a List of countries in grounding Boeing 7-3-7 MAX aircraft

The Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane that crashed on Sunday.

The Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane that crashed on Sunday. Source: AAP

News Bulletin in Arabic for the day


Australia and the European Union have joined the growing list of countries banning the Boeing 737 Max 8 jets from their airspace following a fatal crash in Ethiopia.

It was the second fatal crash which involved the same Boeing aircraft model and killed at least 157 people from 35 different countries.

Last October 189 people were killed  in a Lion Air crash in Indonesia. 

Countries including the United Kingdom, India, China and the European Union have also grounded the jets.

Listen to the full news bulletin in Arabic above


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