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Should the U.S. ground all Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes?

A Boeing plane crashed minutes after taking off in Ethiopia this weekend. All 157 people onboard died in the crash. This is the second fatal crash in months involving this particular plane model, the Boeing 737 MAX 8.

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By Madeleine Brand • Mar 11, 2019 • 1 min read

A Boeing plane crashed minutes after taking off in Ethiopia this weekend. All 157 people onboard died in the crash. This is the second fatal crash in months involving this particular plane model, the Boeing 737 MAX 8. Another flight went down in Indonesia in October, also killing everyone on board. Boeing 737 MAX 8s have been grounded in Ethiopia, Indonesia, China, Mongolia, the Cayman Islands.

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