US lawmakers are urging the Federal Aviation Administration to ground the Boeing Max 8 jetliner.
The bipartisan calls come as the European Union joins several other countries in suspending the use of the aircraft which was involved in two deadly air crashes, just months apart.
Kevin McAleese reports from Washington:

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