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Aviation regulator bans Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 from flying in UAE airspace
General Civil Aviation Authority grounds aircraft type involved in fatal Ethiopian Airlines crash as other countries make similar moves
Charles Capel
March 13, 2019
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