Indonesia’s Garuda Airlines cancels order for 49 Boeing 737 Max jets

(Lindsey Wasson/Reuters)
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s national carrier Garuda Indonesia moved to cancel an order for 49 Boeing 737 Max 8 jets following the deadly crashes involving two of the aircraft, a spokesman for the company said on Friday. Authorities investigating the crash of Lion Air flight 610 say erroneous sensor data triggered an automated anti-stall feature, known as the MCAS, in the new Max planes that pushed its nose down, ultimately causing the plane to plunge into the Java Sea. Read more:
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