3 countries ground Boeing 737 Max 8 jets after 157 people were killed when one bound for Kenya crashed shortly after takeoff.
, a Boeing 737 Max 8 jetliner flying from Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, to Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, at 8:44 a.m. , authorities said.
Indonesian authorities said that contact with Flight JT610 was lost after 13 minutes and that the captain reported a"flight control problem." Pilots flying the same plane a day earlier had experienced a similar problem, authorities said.Beyond that, it's inappropriate to draw any comparisons so early in the investigation of Sunday's crash, said Capt.
"It is a brand new airplane with no technical remarks, flown by a senior pilot, and there is no cause that we can attribute at this time," he said at a news conference, adding:"We cannot rule out anything."Likewise, the International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations said it"stresses the need to avoid speculation as to what happened to the aircraft."
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