Passengers’ Revolt Against Death Jet: Pressure Mounts On Boeing As More Airlines And Countries Ground Max 737 8 Fleets After Ethiopian Disaster.

• Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max 8 crashed on Sunday morning killing all 157 onboard
• Disaster came less that five months after Lion Air crash involving same jet model
• India’s Jet Airways has joined airlines in China, Mexico, Ethiopia, Brazil and South Africa in grounding its fleet of Boeing’s latest model
• Vietnam will not grant licences for jet until the cause of the crash is determined
• US regulators have ordered Boeing to make urgent improvements to jet model

Pressure is mounting on Boeing after more airlines and countries grounded their fleets of 737 Max 8 jets in the wake of the Ethiopian air disaster.

India’s Jet Airways this morning joined airlines in China, Mexico, Ethiopia, Brazil and South Africa in resolving to keep their Max 8s in hangers pending safety reviews.

Australia and South Korea have suspended 737 MAX aircraft operations while Singapore issued the same orders at its busy Changi airport. Indonesia grounded its fleets and Vietnam said it would not grant licences for the jet until the cause of Sunday’s crash was determined.

Flight ET302 was seen ‘swerving and dipping’ before crashing down minutes from take off from Addis Ababa on Sunday morning, killing all 157 on board including nine Britons. Witnesses have described seeing it ‘rotating twice in the air’ before it hit the ground and exploded.

It was the second disaster involving the US planemaker’s latest model in less than five months after a Lion Air jet crashed in Indonesia in October, killing 189. US regulators have ordered Boeing to make urgent improvements to the aircraft model.

Meanwhile, passengers have taken to social media to voice their concerns about the jet with some demanding that they be grounded globally while safety checks take place.