Singapore and Australia Aviation Safety groups have grounded the 737s. Low impact though
The British CAA has also grounded the five British 737-8 MAX now.
cnn.com said:The UK's ban on Boeing 737 MAX aircraft applies to the entire series, not only to 8s, a spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority told CNN Tuesday.
So how will this effect the sales of the 737 MAX family?
Has any airline canceled their orders?
So how will this effect the sales of the 737 MAX family?
Has any airline canceled their orders?
When one sheep is over the dam, the rest will follow.
It's a common Dutch saying. Friesland is old land and I do associate dams with new reclaimed land.. So I think it tyicial Dutch and not particularly Frisian.Is that a dutch idiom translated? Paints a pretty Friesian image in my head...
It's a common Dutch saying. Friesland is old land and I do associate dams with new reclaimed land.. So I think it tyicial Dutch and not particularly Frisian.
Well, my mental image is something like that
Now Brussel has decided to close the airspace of the complete EU for the Boeing 737 MAX 8. I wonder who decides about these matters and what aviation authorities were involved in the decision making. This situation looks like an emo-panic mess to me.
That's a nice pic. Very recognizable. Actually, that is a dike. A dike runs parallel to a body of water such as river or sea. It's a barrier controlling the flow of water. A dam runs across a body of water to form a passage. A dike has water on one side, a dam has water on both sides.
Sheep are reluctant to cross a dam into the 'unknown'. But as soon as one has done so, the rest will soon follow.
Does anyone know if this happened before? Closing the airspace for a specific plane (especially this new)?
Well, from the professional side, the authority is the EASA, which is really responsible for the final word there
But some countries led by England, Germany and France already grounded the planes earlier today. One after the other. Before EASA if I am not mistaken. That makes me wonder who is running this show and has the final - final word.
This situation, in which the EU and the USA do not take the same action regarding the airworthiness of a plane, is pretty weird.
That's my point. Today, we had ministers of individual countries announcing they had grounded the plane. Then the EU, in Brussel, announced that the EU airspace was closed (thus including the airspaces of EU countries who remained silent today). And now you say EASA has the final word. The mental image I am having with this is a lot like a chaotic chicken ren.Also the EASA is not Brussels. It is not even in Brussels - it is in Cologne.
That's quite a statement. In aviation, 'damages' includes lives of course. I doubt whether aviation in the EU is safer than in the US. Is there any data available supporting this? I can't really imagine that.In the EU, preventing possible damages has a higher priority.
Don't let these planes take-off then! Planes in-flight should not be subject to the latest dwellings of politicians influenced by the latest messages on Twitter. This makes no sense at all.
dallasnews.com said:Boeing 737 Max 8 pilots complained to feds for months about suspected safety flaw
The News found at least five complaints about the Boeing model in a federal database where pilots can voluntarily report about aviation incidents without fear of repercussions.
The complaints are about the safety mechanism cited in preliminary reports about an October plane crash in Indonesia that killed 189.
The disclosures found by The News reference problems during Boeing 737 Max 8 flights with an autopilot system, and they all occurred while trying to gain altitude during takeoff — many mentioned the plane turning nose down suddenly. While records show these flights occurred during October and November, the information about which airlines the pilots were flying for is redacted from the database.
Records show that a captain who flies the Max 8 complained in November that it was "unconscionable" that the company and federal authorities allowed pilots to fly the planes without adequate training or fully disclosing information about how its systems were different from previous 737 models.
The captain's complaint was logged after the FAA released an emergency airworthiness directive about the Boeing 737 Max 8 in response to the crash of Lion Air Flight 610 in Indonesia.
An FAA spokesman said the reports found by The News were filed directly to NASA, which serves as a neutral third party for reporting purposes.
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U.S. regulators are mandating that Boeing upgrade the plane's software by April but have so far declined to ground the planes. China, Australia and the European Union have grounded the 737 Max 8, leaving the U.S. and Canada as the only two countries flying a substantial number of the aircraft.
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After the Lion Air crash, the FAA issued an airworthiness directive that said: "This condition, if not addressed, could cause the flight crew to have difficulty controlling the airplane, and lead to excessive nose-down attitude, significant altitude loss, and possible impact with terrain."
cnn.com said:Ethiopian Airlines CEO tells CNN: Pilot had 'flight control problems'
New York (CNN Business)The pilot of the downed Ethiopian Airlines flight had "flight control problems" shortly before the fatal crash, according to the company's chief executive.
A recorded conversation with air traffic control detailed the final moments of the flight, CEO Tewolde GebreMariam told CNN's Richard Quest on Tuesday.
"He was having difficulties with the flight control of the airplane, so he asked to return back to base," GebreMariam said. He added that the pilot was granted permission to return to ground. That happened at the same time the flight disappeared from radar.