Indonesia's Sriwijaya Air, which is operated by flag carrier Garuda Indones...
The angle of attack sensor, at bottom center, is seen on a 737 Max aircraft at the Boeing factory in Renton, Washington, U.S., March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson
“Due to the Ethiopian crash, the company felt it had to cancel the plan,” Sriwijaya Air spokesman Adi Willi Hanhari Haloho told Reuters, referring to the Ethiopian Airlines’ crash of a Boeing 737 MAX 8 that killed 157 people earlier this month.Haloho declined to name who the lessor for the Boeing jets was.
Garuda cited a loss of passenger trust following the two crashes, although it had been reconsidering the order before the latest disaster in Ethiopia.
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