Donald Trump yielded to the pressure and ordered the suspension of flights of the Boeing 737 MAX 8

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, ordered to suspend "immediately" flights of Boeing 737 MAX 8 and 9, after the accident of the flight of Ethiopian Airlines in which 157 people died.

"All these planes will actually be immobilized immediately," Trump told reporters. The President pointed out that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Boeing "they are in agreement with the measure", while pointing out that the aircraft in flight of this model will reach their destination and will then remain on shore until further notice.

"The pilots have been warned, all the airlines have been notified, the airlines are in agreement, the safety of the people of the United States and all people is our main concern," he said. added.

Trump said that Boeing "is an amazing company" He added that the company was working "very, very hard" to find a solution. "I hope they will have a quick response," he said.

Trump thus succumbed to pressure, with the United States remaining one of the few countries to have openly trusted Boeing and allowed the model aircraft to operate. At first, even the American president allowed himself to joke about the complex aeronautical situation that triggered the Ethiopian tragedy: "I do not know about you, but I do not want Albert Einstein as a pilot. I want excellent flight professionals who can take control of an aircraft easily and quickly! ", He concluded.

The president's announcement comes hours after the suspensions taken by Canada, Ukraine, Georgia, Iraq and Lebanon. On Tuesday, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) announced that it was suspending "all flight operations" of all Boeing models 737-8 MAX and 737-9 MAX aircraft in Europe, "caution . "

Thus, the EU has joined more than a dozen countries that have already decided to temporarily suspend the flights of these devices, which also include Turkey, Ethiopia, Malaysia, Oman, the United States. 39; Australia, Singapore, Vietnam, China, Indonesia. , Kuwait, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Mongolia.

The crash of the plane last Sunday near Addis Ababa, which killed 157 people, set off alarm bells. This is the second incident that occurred shortly after the launch of the suspended model.