Ethiopian Airlines pilots switching to Boeing’s Max jet from older 737 models received inadequate training before a deadly crash a year ago, according to a report on the incident.

Passengers who were due to fly on Norwegian’s transatlantic services from Cork and Shannon will be re-routed via Dublin until the end of June.

The skies had been, in aviation parlance, “severe clear” for Dennis Muilenburg since he took the helm at Boeing four years ago.

Norwegian Air International, which flies Boeing’s 737 Max to the US east coast from Irish airports, has no plans to abandon orders of the aircraft, even as the Ethiopian Airlines crash looks

The type of plane involved in the Ethiopian Airlines and Lion Air crashes in the past five months has carried thousands of passengers to and from Ireland — and aviation authorities have no plans to ground 737 Max aircraft.

Indonesian investigators yesterday began working to determine what caused a new Lion Air passenger jet to miss a runway while landing on the resort island of Bali, crashing into the sea without causing any fatalities among the 108 on board.

A Lion Air jet carrying more than 100 passengers and crew crashed into the ocean while attempting to land today on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, injuring up to 45 people, officials said.

Ryanair handed Boeing its largest European order ever on a deal for 175 jets worth $16bn (€12.4bn) at list prices that strengthens the Irish carrier’s domination of Europe’s low-cost market.

THE family of late Ryanair co-founder and aviation entrepreneur Tony Ryan is set to make tens of millions of euro as its share in Asian low-fares airline, Tiger Airways, is diluted after the company’s planned partial flotation later this month.

AN INDONESIAN jetliner crashed into a crowded neighbourhood moments after a shaky take-off yesterday and burst into flames, killing 147 people, including dozens on the ground.

An Indonesian jetliner crashed into a residential district in the city of Medan shortly after takeoff today and burst into flames, killing at least 60 people, the transport minister and a doctor said.

Stocks rose today as encouraging signs of economic growth eased investors’ fears of a business slowdown.

Investigators are examining the wreckage of an Indonesian passenger plane that crashed in stormy weather, killing at least 32 people in the county’s worst air accident in six years.

An airliner skidded off the runway as it landed in an Indonesian tourist town today, killing at least six people and injuring 24.