--- title: Dianne Feinstein Asks FAA to Ground Boeing 737 MAX 8 Planes description: Sen. Dianne Feinstein called on the Federal Aviation Administration to ground all Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplanes canonical: https://time.com/5549446/boeing-737-max-8-feinstein-faa/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-03-11T23:45:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:52:54.094Z article:section: Politics og:title: Sen. 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At least 35 nationalities were among the dead._ by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Mar 11, 2019 11:45 PM UTC  Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 4, 2018. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., speaks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington on Oct. 4, 2018. Alex Brandon—AP by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Mar 11, 2019 11:45 PM UTC Sen. Dianne Feinstein called on the Federal Aviation Administration to ground all Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplanes until an investigation into the [Ethiopian Airlines plane crash](http://time.com/5548669/157-dead-ethiopian-airlines-plane-crash/) that killed 157 people on Sunday is complete. “Until the cause of the crash is known and it’s clear that similar risks aren’t present in the domestic fleet, I believe all Boeing 737 MAX 8 series aircraft operating in the United States should be temporarily grounded,” Feinstein said in a statement. “This aircraft model represents only a small fraction of the domestic fleet, and several other countries have already taken this important step, including China and Indonesia.” The plane crash on Sunday near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, follows an incident in October when a Lion Air jet, also a Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, crashed into the sea off the coast of Indonesia. Feinstein said the similar airplane crashes have “raised legitimate questions about whether an unknown problem exists, which must be discovered and remedied as soon as possible.” “Continuing to fly an airplane that has been involved in two fatal crashes within just six months presents an unnecessary, potentially life-threatening risk to the traveling public,” she said. The FAA declined to comment on Feinstein’s request. Earlier Monday, [U.S. aviation regulators](http://time.com/5549342/boeing-737-airworthy-despite-crashes/) said they would issue a global notice of “continued airworthiness,” for the Boeing aircraft model, signaling that the FAA is currently confident in the 737 MAX 8. Boeing did not immediately respond to requests for comment. ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] [ MUSIC ] In terms of the 149 passengers on board ET 302 We can now confirm that there were at least 35, at least 35 nationalities. And I'm saying at least because as of now two are unknown. 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