Extra pilot averted disaster on previous Boeing 737 Max 8 flight – report
Editor Express Daily March 20, 2020 0 COMMENTSShare This An off-duty pilot in the cockpit of a Boeing 737 Max 8 jet jumped in to help crew disable a malfunctioning flight-control system as it experienced difficulties in October, according to Bloomberg. The next day, with a different crew, the same plane crashed into the sea off Jakarta, killing all 189 people on […]
READ MOREAviation experts found several similarities in two crashes: Ethiopian Airline and Lion Air crashes: FAA announced to ground all Boeing 737 Max planes:
Editor Express Daily March 19, 2020 0 COMMENTSShare This When the Federal Aviation Wardship spoken it was grounding all Boeing 737 Max planes, the organ said it had identified similarities between last week’s Ethiopian Airlines crash and the Lion Air crash in Indonesia six months earlier. The Ethiopian Minister of Transport reiterated that point on Sunday, by saying preliminary data recovered from […]
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Ethiopia crash probe advances with voice download, fresh details
Editor Express Daily March 16, 2020 0 COMMENTSShare This ADDIS ABABA/PARIS (Reuters) – The hunt for the cause of an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash that killed all 157 people on board gathered pace on Saturday when investigators successfully downloaded the cockpit voice recorder and fresh details emerged of the final seconds of the flight. While experts say it is too soon to […]
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Share This Washington (CNN)Facing mounting pressure, President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration was ordering Boeing 737 Max jets grounded until more information is gathered about the crash of an Ethiopian aircraft. It was a turnabout from the administration’s earlier position, which deemed the planes safe to fly even as dozens of other nations banned […]
READ MOREShare This Boeing’s international problems continued to mount Wednesday, as more countries and airlines joined the long list of those choosing to ground the company’s 737 Max 8 aircraft. Canadian carrier Sunwing Airlines announced it would temporarily suspend the use of its four Max 8 planes owing to difficulties in flying over countries that had […]
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Hong Kong joins the group of countries which has banned Boeing 737 Max:
Relations March 13, 2020 0 COMMENTSShare This Hong Kong has announced it will prohibit the operation of all Boeing Max aircraft from 6 p.m. Wednesday, local time. “The temporary prohibition is solely a precautionary measure to ensure aviation safety and protect the public,” a spokesman for the city’s Civil Aviation Department said in a statement. The city is a major […]
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Share This Families of the victims of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 gathered at the site of the crash on Wednesday to pay tribute to their loved ones. Carrying flowers and candles, the family members were brought to the site by bus and private car. Some have asked to enter the cordoned-off area on the site. […]
READ MOREShare This India’s Ministry of Aviation has shut down the country’s airspace to all Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft as of Wednesday, the latest country to take action following the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302. It followed an earlier decision by the government to ground Indian airlines’ entire Max 8 fleet on Tuesday. The […]
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