As affected travellers in the United States scrambled to re-book their flights in the wake of Wednesday's (March 13) announcement that America was grounding its Boeing 737 Max fleet, many questioned why America had been so late to do so.

SEOUL — Tanka Lungeli, a Nepali who works at a factory in Korea, wants to change jobs because his employer does not pay him properly. But when he told his boss and requested the move, he says he received death threats and was treated as if he were a slave.