In March 2019, as a result of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash and the Lion Air Flight 610 crash, which occurred five months prior to the Ethiopian crash, most airlines and countries began grounding the Boeing 737 MAX 8 due to safety concerns.[12] On March 12, President Donald Trump spoke to Muilenburg and received assurances that the aircraft was safe.[13] Trump grounded the 737 MAX family of planes on March 13.