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US ready to take 'immediate' action after Ethiopia plane crash

Debris of the Boeing 737 8-MAX 8plane was strewn over the crash site 60 kilometres from Addis Ababa.

US regulators on Monday ordered Boeing to make urgent improvements the best-selling jet involved in the deadly Ethiopia plane crash -- but ruled out grounding the fleet as investigators worked to piece together the aircraft's final moments.

The Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashed minutes into a flight to Nairobi on Sunday, killing all 157 people on board and prompting airlines across the world to begin withdrawing the model from schedules.

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