SINGAPORE, March 12 -- The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore in a statement issued yesterday, April 12 ordered temporary suspension of all Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in and out of the country with effect from 1400 hrs of the same day.
Singapore's announcement comes after an Ethiopian Airlines crash on Sunday involving a Boeing 737 MAX 8 jet that killed 157 people. In October last year, Lion Air 737 MAX 8 crashed in Indonesia, killing 189 people.
The statement said, "The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) is temporarily suspending operation of all variants of the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in and out of Singapore in light of two fatal accidents involving Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in less than five months".
"During the temporary susp...