Boeing 737 Max planes grounded worldwide triggering travel chaos, airport delays after Ethiopia Airlines crash
PASSENGERS across the globe have been hit by airport delays and travel chaos after all Boeing 737 Max planes were grounded following the deadly Ethiopia plane crash.
The US became the last country to temporarily ban the jets over safety concerns, joining 40 others including the UK, France, Germany, China, India and Australia.
American and Southwest Airlines immediately cancelled a number of flights after Donald Trump made the announcement on Wednesday.
Long queues were also seen at airports in Toronto and Vancouver after Air Canada scrambled to re-book passengers onto different flights.
The move to ground the Boeing 737 Max planes comes after 157 died when an Ethiopian Airlines flight crashed on Sunday – the second air disaster involving the model in less than five months.
, and to sign up to free SMS alerts on their flights.Customers can also use the airline's chat service to find out more about their own flight.
Earlier today, the CAA announced that it has banned all Boeing 737 Max 8 planes from the UK airspace, which will affect any flights due to fly in or out from the UK.
In a statement, a spokesperson for the UK Civil Aviation Authority said: "As we do not currently have sufficient information from the flight data recorder we have, as a precautionary measure, issued instructions to stop any commercial passenger flights from any operator arriving, departing or overflying UK airspace.
However, it's worth bearing in mind that airlines will sometimes change the aircraft they use at the last minute for operational reasons.
This will require a flight number to find out which plane or planes are typically used on a certain route.
Alternatively, use the plane's registration number to look up details, including the type of plane and how old it is, on a public database run by a civil aviation body.
In the UK, this means checking the Civil Aviation Authority's
Boeing itself said it had "full confidence"; in the safety of the 737 MAX fleet.
The company said: "We understand that regulatory agencies and customers have made decisions that they believe are most appropriate for their home markets.
"We'll continue to engage with them to ensure they have the information needed to have confidence in operating their fleets."
China ordered its airlines to ground the planes — they had 96 MAX 8 jets in service, more than one-fourth of the roughly 370 MAX jets in circulation.
The European Aviation Safety Agency said that “at this early stage” of the more recent investigation, “it cannot be excluded that similar causes may have contributed to both events.”
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