U.S. companies are pulling business travelers from Boeing 737 Max 8 jets: FT

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Some U.S. companies are avoiding booking their staff on Boeing 737 Max 8 jets, according to a report by the Financial Times , citing a booking agent for large corporations and people familiar.

The report from FT comes after Sunday's Ethiopian Airlines crash of a 737 Max 8 jet, which resulted in the deaths of 157 people near Addis Ababa. That crash occurred just about four months after the same model was involved in a separate fatal crash in Indonesia, fueling broader concerns about the safety of those aircraft. However, the specific cause, or causes, of the crashes hadn't been determined. Recent actions to restrict or ban 737 Max 8 and its variants, come despite the U.S.

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