Iran bans Boeing 737 Max planes from its airspace

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News ID: 36823
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Publish Date: 14:07 - 15 March 2019
TEHRAN, Mar 15 - Iran says it has banned from its airspace Boeing 737 Max 8 planes alongside other nations.

Iran bans Boeing 737 Max planes from its airspaceTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - A statement released Friday by the transportation ministry announced the ban.
The decision comes following two fatal crashes involving the model in the past year.

A Boeing Max plane owned by the Ethiopian Airliner crashed last week and killed all 157 people aboard. A previous crash involving the model killed 189 people in Indonesia five months before.

Iran itself has no Boeing 737 Max 8 planes due to decades-long U.S. sanctions on the country.

Source: AP

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