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11/03/2019 GMT

Ethiopian Airlines crash: carriers suspend use of new jets

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Carriers suspend use of Boeing 737 Max 8 jets following Sunday’s crash

Ethiopian Airlines has joined carriers in China and the Cayman Islands in suspending the use of Boeing 737 Max 8 jets in the wake of a crash that killed all 157 people on board on Sunday.

Also on the programme: Prosecutors in Northern Ireland are expected to announce this week whether they will bring charges over an incident known as Bloody Sunday; and we take a look at a new book that examines love and death in Chicago’s most turbulent neighbourhoods.

(Photo: The scene of the Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 Boeing 737 Max-8 crash, Credit: Reuters)

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