{"id":13544,"date":"2019-03-12T11:13:12","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T03:13:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=13544"},"modified":"2019-03-12T20:34:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T12:34:23","slug":"ethiopian-airlines-crash-us-faa-says-boeing-737-max-8-is-airworthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=13544","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopian Airlines Crash: US FAA Says Boeing 737 Max 8 Is Airworthy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.brudirect.com\/images\/news\/20190312_america.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;WASHINGTON, March 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; <\/strong>The US Federal Aviation Administration has told airlines it believes Boeing&#8217;s 737 Max 8 model to be airworthy, after two fatal crashes inside six months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An Ethiopian Airlines plane en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi crashed six minutes after take-off on Sunday, killing all 157 people on board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident followed Lion Air 737 Max 8 crash in October that killed 189.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FAA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FAA<\/a> has issued a Continued Airworthiness Notification to the International Community (CANIC) related to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Boeing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Boeing<\/a> 737-8 and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Boeing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Boeing<\/a> 737-9 (737 MAX) fleet. The document is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zD9gizwPIc\">https:\/\/t.co\/zD9gizwPIc<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QRZ7xSWdFC\">https:\/\/t.co\/QRZ7xSWdFC<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The FAA \u2708\ufe0f (@FAANews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FAANews\/status\/1105234084454912000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 11, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some in the aviation community have called for the aircraft to be grounded pending a full investigation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China, Indonesia, and Ethiopia on Monday ordered their airlines to ground the jet. Other airlines kept flying the 737 Max 8 after Boeing said it was safe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a &#8220;continued airworthiness notification&#8221; saying the plane was safe to fly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>US Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said the FAA would &#8220;take immediate and appropriate action&#8221; if a defect was found in the plane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FAA chief Dan Elwell said the notification &#8220;informs the international community where we are and (gives) &#8230; one answer to the whole community&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ethiopian aircraft came down near the town of Bishoftu, 60km south-east of the capital. The cause of the disaster is not clear, but the pilot had reported difficulties and asked to return to Addis Ababa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigators have found the cockpit voice recorder and digital flight data recorder but it will be a while before the findings are made public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rolled out in 2017, the Max 8 is the latest iteration of the 737 line. By the end of January, Boeing had delivered 350 of the model of 5,011 orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The plane that crashed was among six of 30 that Ethiopian Airlines had ordered as part of its expansion. It underwent a &#8220;rigorous first check maintenance&#8221; on 4 February, the airline said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the Lion Air crash, investigators said the pilots had appeared to struggle with an automated system designed to keep the plane from stalling, a new feature of the jet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The anti-stall system repeatedly forced the plane&#8217;s nose down, despite efforts by pilots to correct this, preliminary findings suggested. The Lion Air plane was also new and the accident happened soon after take-off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigation will be led by Ethiopian authorities in co-ordination with teams of experts from Boeing and the US National Transportation Safety Board. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;WASHINGTON, March 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; The US Federal Aviation Administration has told airlines it believes Boeing&#8217;s 737 Max 8 model to be airworthy, after two fatal crashes inside six months. An Ethiopian Airlines plane en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi crashed six minutes after take-off on Sunday, killing all 157 people on board. 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