India joins global suspension wave; grounds all 18 Boeing 737 MAX planes
India joins global suspension wave; grounds all 18 Boeing 737 MAX planes Aditi Mehta Uncategorized March 13, 2019 1 Minute The civil aviation secretary has been directed to hold an emergency meeting with all airlines to prepare a contingency plan to avoid inconvenience to passengers The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), India’s flying controller, has grounded Boeing 737 MAX planes till “suitable security measures” are attempted, joining a rush of suspensions of the air ship in the wake of an accident in Ethiopia that murdered 157 individuals. “Traveler wellbeing remains our best need. We keep on counseling intimately with controllers around the globe, carriers, and air ship producers to guarantee traveler wellbeing,” the Ministry of Civil Aviation tweeted late Tuesday night. “These planes will be grounded till fitting alterations and wellbeing measures are embraced to guarantee their sheltered activitie...