PRETORIA – Comair has decided to remove its 737 MAX 8 from its flight schedule, although neither regulatory authorities nor the manufacturer has required it to do so executive director of Comair’s airline division Wrenelle Stander, said on Monday.
The company said that while it has done extensive preparatory work prior to the introduction of the first 737 MAX 8 into its fleet and remains confident in the inherent safety of the aircraft, it has decided temporarily not to schedule the aircraft while it consults with other operators, Boeing and technical experts. The MAX 8 is the latest iteration of the most common commercial aircraft ever manufactured.
There currently more than 370 Boeing 737 MAXs in operation, with 47 airlines. The type operates about 1 500 flights a day and has accumulated over 250 000 flights in total with an excellent record of daily reliability. Comair earlier, expressed its sympathies over the lives lost in the Ethiopian Airlines, flight ET 302 tragedy which saw the aircraft crash near the town of Bishoftu 62 km south-east of the capital Addis Ababa on Sunday morning killing all 157 people on board.
The Boeing 737 Max-plane, which underwent a routine maintenance check on February 4, was flying from Addis Ababa's Bole International Airport to Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport when it crashed.
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comair announced its B737 Max 8 would be grounded, but not before it flew JNB-CT on Mon afternoon.
ShoeshoeQhu Yes yes safety is a priority
Expect the worst delays on kulula they already operating like they have one plane
Well done 👍🏾