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Here’s the FAA Emergency Order of Prohibition: https://www.faa.gov/news/updates/media/Emergency_Order.pdf https://www.faa.gov/news/updates/media/Emergency_Orde
by js2 8y ago
Here’s the FAA Emergency Order of Prohibition:
https://www.faa.gov/news/updates/media/Emergency_Order.pdf https://www.faa.gov/news/updates/media/Emergency_Order.pdf
On March 13, 2019, the investigation of the ET302 crash developed new information from the wreckage concerning the aircraft's configuration just after takeoff that, taken together with newly refined data from satellite-based tracking of the aircraft's flight path, indicates some similarities between the ET302 and JT610 accidents that warrant further investigation of the possibility of a shared cause for the two incidents that needs to be better understood and addressed. Accordingly, the Acting Administrator is ordering all Boeing 737 MAX airplanes to be grounded pending further investigation.
I’m curious about “the wreckage concerning the aircraft's configuration just after takeoff“ part as that’s the first I’ve heard about aircraft configuration having been recovered from the crash site. Maybe something about the horizontal stabilizer positon when the crash occurred?
- chopin 8y agoAfaik the horizontal stabilizer is deflected by a worm gear. Even with a totally destroyed fuselage I think it would be possible to recover parts of the gear which allow judging its position at time of impact. As well it is in the aft part of the plane where also the flight recorders are placed as they have there the best chance of survival.