Canada grounds Boeing 737 Max 8
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#2Minister is saying that he faced no pressure from US or Boeing.
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#3They claim this is based on new "validated" satellite tracking data they received this morning showing similar altitude fluctuations to the Lion Air crash. Somehow every internet forum had this figured out within hours of the crash using public flight tracker data. I find it worrying that it took them so long to come to the obvious conclusion for lack of "validation" of widely known information, and that it took so long to validate this information given the potential risk to every passenger every time one of those planes takes off in the meantime.
It seems clear that safety is being weighed against level of disruption, which may be justified, but they haven't been transparent about this calculation.
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#5They claim this is based on new "validated" satellite tracking data they received this morning showing similar altitude fluctuations to the Lion Air crash. Somehow every internet forum had this figured out within hours of the crash using public flight tracker data. I find it worrying that it took them so long to come to the obvious conclusion for lack of "validation" of widely known information, and that it took so l…
>I find it worrying that it took them so long to come to the obvious conclusion
Aviation regulators and internet forums are literally at the opposite end of the spectrum with regards to jumping to conclusions.
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#6It's very possible the "new information" may be what WSJ just reported: https://www.wsj.com/articles/pilot-of-crashed-ethiopian-airl...
tldr - The pilot had reported flight-control problems and wanted to return to the airport
Re: Canada grounds Boeing 737 Max 8
#7They claim this is based on new "validated" satellite tracking data they received this morning showing similar altitude fluctuations to the Lion Air crash. Somehow every internet forum had this figured out within hours of the crash using public flight tracker data. I find it worrying that it took them so long to come to the obvious conclusion for lack of "validation" of widely known information, and that it took so l…
Canada is extremely tightly tied to the US economy, and the US government is still taking Boeing’s side on this.
I wish this didn’t have to be about politics.
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#8It's very possible the "new information" may be what WSJ just reported: https://www.wsj.com/articles/pilot-of-crashed-ethiopian-airl... tldr - The pilot had reported flight-control problems and wanted to return to the airport
I heard that part in the very first broadcast I heard about the crash Sunday morning, pretty sure.
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#9Since its a ban on all Canadian airspace, will this effect American flights which pass over Canada? I imagine quite a few flights cross over the southern part of Ontario.
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#10About time. The transport minister must've had damning evidence given the stake Canada has in 737 Max 8 continuing to operate.