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Non-paywall: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/13/ethiopian-airlines-pilot-reported-flight-control-problems-before-crash https://www.theguardian.com/wo
by isostatic 8y ago
Non-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?