Monday, March 18, 2019

DEADLY CRASH - Boeing 737 MAX 8

"After 2nd deadly crash, questions raised about the safety of Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 planes" PBS NewsHour 3/11/2019

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SUMMARY:  Investigators are combing the debris from Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, which crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa Sunday, killing all 157 people aboard.  The plane’s black box recorders have been found, but many questions remain about this second crash of a Boeing 737 MAX-8 within a few months.  Neil Connery of Independent Television News and science correspondent Miles O’Brien report.




"It’s impossible to call Boeing 737 MAX 8 safe, says this aviation expert" PBS NewsHour 3/12/2019

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SUMMARY:  U.S. aviation experts have convened at the crash site of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 amid growing global concern about the safety of Boeing’s 737 MAX 8 jet.  Although dozens of countries have grounded the planes, the FAA says they're safe.  John Yang reports and discusses with Mary Schiavo, a former Transportation Department Inspector General who represents the victims of airline accidents.




"What new information led FAA to ground Boeing’s 737 MAX jets?" PBS NewsHour 3/13/2019

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SUMMARY:  Boeing’s 737 MAX jetliners are grounded across much of the globe -- including the U.S.  [This was] Days after other nations banned the plane from flying in their airspace, the FAA, which had as recently as Tuesday night insisted the plane was safe, said new information about Sunday's Ethiopian Airlines crash led it to change course.  John Yang reports, and Judy Woodruff talks to Miles O’Brien for analysis.

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