Several countries announced on Monday the suspension of the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft a day after an Ethiopian plane crashed and 157 people were killed.

In Ethiopia , the airline has announced that it will stop using its fleet of Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft until further notice.

"It does not mean that the accident is related to faults in this particular fleet, but we have taken this decision as an additional precautionary measure for safety," Ethiopian Airlines Regional Director Yilmah Josho Jopina said.

Ethiopian Airlines has four Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, according to Flight 24, a flight monitoring site.

Indonesia
For its part, Director-General of the Indonesian Aviation Authority, Polana Pramesti, said that her country would temporarily suspend the flight of the Boeing 737 Max 8 passenger aircraft for inspection.

"One of the steps being taken by the Air Transport Administration is to conduct a check by temporarily suspending the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft to make sure that this type of aircraft is fit to fly," the Indonesian official said.

The test is due to start on Tuesday for a plane owned by the national airline Garuda Indonesia and 10 planes owned by low-cost airline Lion Air.

An Indonesian plane of this type crashed in October 13 minutes after taking off from Jakarta on an internal flight and killed 189 people on board.

China
For its part, China ordered domestic airlines to suspend flights of its Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft.

The Chinese office justified the move by breaking two aircraft of this type in a short period and "during the boot phase, there is some similarity between them."

China is one of the most attractive markets for the US aircraft industry and receives 20% of the world's 737 Max 8 aircraft.

Germany
In Germany, the Ministry of Transport announced that German airlines are currently not using any aircraft that crashed on Sunday in Ethiopia.

A spokesman for the ministry said Monday in Berlin that according to the current information there is no German company using Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft.

Britain
In the UK, Cayman Airways said it had stopped using its two models until further information.

In contrast, flydubai and Norwegian Airlines have expressed confidence in the safety of their aircraft of this type and announced that they will continue to operate without any change.

Postponement of the inauguration
Boeing said it had sent a technical team to the crash site. The investigation is still in its early stages and there is no need to issue new guidelines for operators of the model aircraft, according to the information available to it so far.

In a related context, Boeing suspended its official launch on Wednesday for its new 777X, the company's longest-ever passenger aircraft.

The company said the suspension of the launch ceremony was to focus on technical investigation into the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane.