WASHINGTON/ADDIS ABABA ¨C The U.S. aviation regulator said on Tuesday it would not ground Boeing 737 Max 8 planes after a crash in Ethiopia killed 157 people, bucking a trend of countries around the world that have suspended the aircraft¡¯s operations.
The Federal Aviation Administration¡¯s acting administrator, Dan Elwell, said a review by the body ¡°shows no systemic performance issues and provides no basis to order grounding the aircraft.¡±
The European Union¡¯s aviation safety regulator on Tuesday suspended all flights in the bloc by the Max 8, and a U.S. senator who chairs a panel overseeing aviation suggested the United States take similar action following Sunday¡¯s fatal crash, the second since October involving that type of plane.
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