India grounds Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes

Ethiopian airlines crash (1)

Question: Which aircraft did India ban after the Ethiopian airlines crash?
(a) Boeing 737 MAX 8
(b) Raffle
(c) F-16
(d) Mig-21
Answer: (a)
Related facts:

  • India has closed its airspace to the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft and has grounded the planes.
  • Spice Jet is the only Indian airline that operates 12 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.
  • Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft in light of the Ethopian Airlines crash, in which 157 people were killed.

By Siddharth

Links:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-bans-boeing-737-max-8-planes-after-ethiopian-airlines-crash/article26515350.ece

https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/india-bans-boeing-737-max-8-planes-after-ethiopian-airlines-crash-119031201108_1.html

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/four-indians-among-157-killed-as-ethiopian-airlines-flight-crashes/articleshow/68350162.cms

https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/all-killed-on-ethiopian-airlines-flight-that-crashed/article26486838.ece

https://fox6now.com/2019/03/10/157-dead-after-ethiopian-airlines-boeing-737-crashes-minutes-after-takeoff/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-10/ethiopian-airlines-flight-to-nairobi-crashes-with-157-people/10887840

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ethiopian-airlines-crash-help-me-reach-her-family-sushma-swarajs-tweets-on-indian-shikha-garg-killed-2005667