narrowbody model: U.S. and airline officials said they now believe the plane could be grounded for at least two months, but an even longer grounding is a serious possibility, according to The Japan Times. The crash in Ethiopia and the crash of a Lion Air plane in Indonesia last October that killed all 189 people on board have left the world's largest planemaker in crisis. Deliveries of Boeing's best-selling aircraft were frozen after a global grounding of the narrowbody model following the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jet on March 10, killing all 157 people onboard. ; Production will be cut to 42 airplanes per month from 52 starting mid-April, the company said in a statement, without giving an end date. Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg said on Friday said the company now knows that a chain of events caused both disasters, with erroneous activation of so-called MCAS anti-stall software a common link between the two. The company's board will establish a committee to review how the company designs and develops airplanes, Muilenburg said. Boeing said it would not reduce jobs at the new production rate and will work to minimize the financial impact.
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