China Grounds Boeing 737 Max 8

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Not computer news.
It will have wide interest. Perhaps in technology? **
China Orders Airlines to Ground All Boeing 737 Max 8 Aircraft
Source is New York Times.

BEIJING — Responding to the second crash of a Boeing 737 Max 8 soon after takeoff in less than five months, China ordered its airlines on Monday morning to ground all 96 of the aircraft that they operate.
The Civil Aviation Administration of China noted in its announcement of the grounding that both the Ethiopian Airlines crash on Sunday and a Lion Air crash in Indonesia in late October had involved very recently delivered Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft that crashed soon after takeoff.

Separately, Boeing said it was postponing the external debut of its 777X plane, which had been planned for Wednesday. The company took the action in a statement in which it said it was “deeply saddened” by the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 accident.

This is the second Boeing 737 Max 8 crash in recent months. In late October, a 737 MAX 8 flown by Lion Air went down off the coast of Indonesia, killing 189 people.
More on CNN and other major news groups.

The New York Times also said:

Boeing aircraft are some of China’s biggest imports from the United States and are among the few imports on which China has not imposed tarifs as part of its trade war with the Trump administration.

** Other reports suggest earlier  some issues with that plane were  ignored.
Reference:  https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/22/world/asia/lion-air-crash-safety-failures.html

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Update:
Boeing will release software updates for 737 Max jets by April

Boeing's 737 Max-8 aircraft was involved in both the Lion Air crash and recent Ethiopian Air disaster, in which 157 people lost their lives. However, Boeing's software update will apparently be issued for all 737 Max aircraft...
Both investigations are still in the early stages, but experts are concerned about the similarities in the accidents. "It's highly suspicious," aviation analyst Mary Schiavo told CNN. "Here we have a brand-new aircraft that's gone down twice in a year.
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However, pilots reportedly weren't even aware that the MCAS system existed prior to the Lion Air crash, and hadn't been trained on it, according to the Seattle Times. "

Source: https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/12/boeing-software-update-737-max/
This means they think it is software.   

Other news outlets also follow this story. Try BBC for other details.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47536502

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A podcast about the earlier crash.
This podcast is is NOT an official video. It has good informational value.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zfQW0upkVus

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This now may become a major investigation.
Boeing 737 Max 8 investigation update

KING 5
Published on Mar 18, 2019
Every day we are getting more information about concerns dealing with the Boeing 737 Max 8. Investigators are working to figure out what brought Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 down earlier this month. KING 5's Glenn Farley has been covering the story has more details.

The speculation is that a software program did not work right.
I find that hard to believe.