Eoin Higgins is a former staff writer for Common Dreams.
Update: President Donald Trump grounded the planes this afternoon. Consumer advocate Ralph Nader believes Boeing should ground its fleet of 737 Max 8 airplanes. The message comes as the world struggles to understand what happened to Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, which crashed Sunday, March 10, killing 157. The accident came just four months after the crash of Indonesian Lion Air Flight 610 in October--also a 737 Max 8. Nader's grand-niece, Samya Stumo, died in the crash.
stands almost alone in its continued use of the 737 Max 8. The Federal Aviation Administration , in a statement, said it saw no evidence the planes were unsafe. 'The FAA continues to review extensively all available data and aggregate safety performance from operators and pilots of the Boeing 737 MAX,' the agency said. 'Thus far, our review shows no systemic performance issues and provides no basis to order grounding the aircraft.' The calls for the U.S.
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