<span style="color: #222222;">The United Kingdom has become the latest country to ban the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft from operating in or over national airspace following Ethiopia plane crash.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The UK has joined the growing list of countries including Malaysia, Singapore, China, Australia and Ethiopia in grounding the aircraft. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">An Ethiopian Airlines plane crashed on Sunday, killing 157 people on board. It was the second fatal accident involving the 737 Max 8 model in less than five months. Last year in October, Indonesia Lion Air flight, crashed after takeoff from Jakarta, killing all 189 people on board. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">UK's Civil Aviation Authority said, it is closely monitoring the situation and the decision has been taken as a precautionary measure. It said, the directive would remain in place until further notice.</span><br />'' <br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">However, US aviation officials have said, the 737 Max 8 is airworthy and that it is too early to reach any conclusions or take any action. Boeing has confirmed that for the past few months it has been developing a flight control software enhancement for the aircraft.</span>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:white"><br />''</p>