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It's very possible the "new information" may be what WSJ just reported: https://www.wsj.com/articles/pilot-of-crashed-ethiopian-airlines-jet-reported-flight-con
by smaili 8y ago
It's very possible the "new information" may be what WSJ just reported: https://www.wsj.com/articles/pilot-of-crashed-ethiopian-airlines-jet-reported-flight-control-problems-11552473593 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
- war1025 8y agoI heard that part in the very first broadcast I heard about the crash Sunday morning, pretty sure.
- isostatic 8y agoNon-paywall: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/13/ethiopian-airlines-pilot-reported-flight-control-problems-before-crash https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/13/ethiopian-airl... > The airline is planning to send the 737 Max 8 plane’s flight data recorder to Europe rather than the US for analysis, he said. That seems to be shocking news. Is it that they don't trust the FAA?
- komali2 8y agoAlso, why not both? Is the data in some... Non-copyable format? Is the physical device needed for some reason?
- djrogers 8y agoNo, once the data is extracted it can be sent to any/everyone. One team has to be responsible for extracting the data though - it's not simply popping out an SD card and plugging it in to your MacBook like a DSLR, especially with potential damage to the device.
- giarc 8y agoThe "flight data recorder" is the physical product.
- mb101 8y agoMaybe not, but the French also investigated the earlier Beirut crash (also stretched 737 ...), so this seems to be their usual procedure.
- jonstewart 8y agoEurope is also a lot closer to Addis Ababa than the US. Shouldn't the decision process be to send the black boxes to the closest facility that can process them?