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  • Tragic. Plane was almost brand new, but its the second fatal crash involving this model in less than six months- 737 Max 8.

    In the past you could put an African airliner crashing down to old planes and poor maintainence, but not sure that's going to be the case here.

  • In the past you could put an African airliner crashing down to old planes and poor maintainence, but not sure that's going to be the case here.

    Yeah, the planes I was on were all pretty new, seemingly well-maintained and the staff were great. That includes the smaller planes for internal flights, and none of the other planes I saw in the airports looked remotely ropey. I'm sure a lot of people will have seen this and thought, 'Well, it's Africa...', but this was a new plane and a good airline.

  • Ethiopian definitely have a good reputation.

    And it's Ethiopian, China and Cayman Airways who have grounded their MAX aircraft as a safety measure. Not the North American/European operators.

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