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(Jason Redmond/Reuters)

One year after Lion Air crash, Boeing 737 MAX remains grounded

Boeing’s entire global fleet of almost 400 MAX planes has stayed out of service ever since, plunging the company into the biggest crisis it has seen

(Jason Redmond/Reuters)

Several Boeing planes found to have wing defects

The American aviation giant have now found a wing defect on some of their planes including some 737 MAX aircrafts

Boeing Chairman, President and CEO Dennis Muilenburg. (Reuters/Lindsey Wasson)

Boeing seeks to exit crisis mode as it reports results

The company will report earnings on Wednesday for the first time since a deadly March 10 plane crash plunged the company into crisis-mode

The Ethiopian Airlines flight was headed to Nairobi on a clear morning on March 10 when it plummeted nose-first into a field outside Addis Ababa just minutes after take-off. (AFP)

Ethiopian crew followed procedure, but unable to control jet — report

There were many similarities between the Ethiopian Airlines crash and that of an Indonesian Lion Air 737 MAX 8 flight which crashed last October

The disaster in Ethiopia left families in 35 nations bereaved. (Reuters/Tiksa Negeri)

Black boxes show ‘clear similarities’ with Indonesian crash, Ethiopia says

Annuncement comes a week after Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 plummets into a field minutes into its flight, killing all onboard

(Jason Redmond/Reuters)

Ethiopian Airlines ‘has flown’ black boxes of crashed Boeing to Paris

Ethiopian Airlines said Thursday that the black box flight recorders from the Boeing 737 MAX 8 that crashed have been flown to Paris for analysis.

Airplane engine parts are seen at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town of Bishoftu, southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Reuters/Tiksa Negeri)

Planes grounded after deadly Ethiopia crash

Airlines in Ethiopia, China, South Africa, Indonesia and the Cayman Islands said Monday they were suspending operations by their 737 MAX 8 fleets

(Jason Redmond/Reuters)

Some countries ground Boeings, most keep them flying

Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 medium-haul workhorse jet was grounded in China, Ethiopia and Indonesia on Monday after an Ethiopian Airlines crash