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.

PETALING JAYA: The Lion Air flight JT610 which crashed in the sea of Java on Monday (Oct 29), was piloted by an Indian national from New Delhi, reported Indonesian portal Detik.com.