small -- large hotel lobby. and that's because of that steep decent. most of the parts of the plane, david, remain buried in the dirt. david? >> matt gutman leading us off tonight. matt, thank you. as i mentioned at the top tonight, three countries have ordered airlines to ground those new boeing 737s. but tonight, here in the u.s., three airlines continue to fly them. what boeing and the faa are now saying. and the flight attendants union tonight now saying their attendants do not have to fly on these jets if you don't feel safe. abc's david kerley on that part of the story now. >> reporter: first indonesia, now ethiopia. the two crashes of the brand new version of the 737, so close together, that some passengers are asking airlines if they're booked on a max-8. >> i would be a little bit leery about flying that boeing plane. >> reporter: 72 of the maxes are flown by u.s. carriers. all three airlines expressing confidence in the jet. southwest telling us it's had some calls from customers, but "not a high number of