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Boeing 737 MAX 8 operations suspended in Australia after Ethiopian Airlines crash
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- Title
- Regulator grounds Australian flights of Boeing 737 Max 8s after deadly crash
- Published
- Mar 12 2019
- Word count
- 39 words
Canada and the US are taking a massive risk by not grounding their MAX planes. With so many other countries doing so, if there is even a scare on any other airline with this plane, the backlash could be fatal to their future. I worked at one of the airlines in Canada that is still flying it's MAX's and the first thing we learned in orientation was how many airlines have gone out of business since the industry started. It's in the hundreds and it's not at all uncommon.
I agree. The FAA is still relatively respected by folks around the world. Now we seem to signaling that even the FAA is suffering from regulatory capture, or at least pressure from elected officials. There was a fix in the pipeline for a couple months now, they just chose not to ground the airplane.
This is quite a twist on the story: Ethiopian Airlines crash came after US shutdown delayed Boeing 737 Max fixes
I thought it might be completely sensationalist, but that headline seems to be supported?
I feel like Trump and his administration think their decisions don't impact lives or perhaps worse - they don't care.
Canada has grounded it now too: Canada grounds Boeing 737 Max 8, bans jet from airspace following fatal crash