American Airlines cancels 737 Max flights until August

Monday, 15 April 2019 10:27

American Airlines will extend its grounding of the troubled Boeing 737 Max jet until mid-August.

Boeing grounded the Max planes worldwide last month after deadly crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia.

Harry Horton reports:

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