Indonesian airline Garuda cancels order for 49 Boeing 737 Max 8 jets
by Gwyn Topham, Transport correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#4BK50)
Company blames loss of passenger trust after Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air disasters involving the aircraft
The Indonesian carrier Garuda has become the first airline to scrap its order for the Boeing 737 Max, saying that it was cancelling a multibillion-dollar deal due to lack of public trust in a jet which has crashed twice in five months.
The move came as the manufacturer Boeing attempted to tackle fears about the safety of the 737 Max, which has crashed in both Ethiopia and Indonesia with the loss of 346 lives, by building enhanced warning devices as standard into every plane.
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