The aircraft manufacturer had recommended that all the machines in the model of 737 MAX for the time being on the ground. The Indonesian state airline is now a step further: it will return to a five-year-old order.
Indonesian airline Garuda has made a large order over 49-passenger machines of the type Boeing 737 MAX undo. The airline justified this with lost the trust after the crash of two identical planes within the past six months. In the case of the accidents, a total of more than 340 people were killed.
Garuda is the largest airline in the Southeast Asian country. The value of the now cancelled order, from the year 2014 to the list price in more than four billion euros. So far, the Airline has only a single copy of the Boeing 737 MAX to its fleet. Also, this already delivered machine wants to give Garuda to the manufacturer.
“No change of supplier”
It’s not going to change the aircraft maker, said Garuda chief I Gusti Ngurah Akshara Danadiputra the Online news page “Detik”. Rather, the purchase of machinery of a different model was pursued.
Technicians inspect the Cockpit of a Boeing 737 MAX 8
Many countries in the world for the Boeing 737 MAX security temporary flight reasons, imposed a ban. The manufacturer had stopped the delivery of the series a week ago. 10. March was crashed a machine of this type, in the case of Ethiopian Airlines, shortly after the launch in Addis Ababa. All of the 157 inmates were killed.
At the end of October, the crew of a Boeing 737 MAX Garuda had lost to a competitor Lion Air, the control of the aircraft. The twin-engine Jet was also crashed few minutes after takeoff into the sea. This disaster off the Indonesian island of Java, 189 Dead. In both cases, a similar technical problem as a misfortune to be suspected cause.
jj/hk (dpa, afp)