Indonesian Airline Cancels Boeing Order, Citing Passenger Fear

Indonesian Airline Cancels Boeing Order, Citing Passenger Fear
A Boeing 737 aircraft during the manufacturing process at the Boeing factory in Renton, Wash., on May 19, 2015. The company is America’s biggest manufacturing exporter. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images
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JAKARTA/OSLO—Indonesian airline Garuda plans to cancel a $6 billion order for Boeing 737 MAX jets, it said on Friday, saying some passengers would be frightened to board the plane after two fatal crashes, although analysts said the deal had long been in doubt.

The news came as another 737 MAX customer, Norwegian Air, played down the significance of a move by Boeing to make a previously optional cockpit warning light compulsory.