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I don't see anything in this article that wasn't already in the FAA's Emergency Order of Prohibition[1]: On March 13, 2019, the investigation of the ET302 cras
by js2 8y ago
I don't see anything in this article that wasn't already in the FAA's Emergency Order of Prohibition[1]:
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.
This article is further missing the "new information from the wreckage concerning the aircraft's configuration" piece, which is in the NPR interview[2]: And that, coupled with some physical evidence we found at the crash site led us to believe that the similarities were too great not to consider that there was a common thread.
So it wasn't just the flight path, which indeed was sufficient for other countries, but the addition of physical evidence as well:
And when you have a common thread between two accidents, then the argument for grounding becomes necessary. Grounding becomes necessary, and so that's what we did. We didn't have that link until yesterday morning, yesterday afternoon about midday.
GREENE: But isn't this something that analysts and experts have been saying for days now, that these two crashes appeared similar?
ELWELL: Yeah. Many were saying it, but nobody had data to act on it. It was all conjecture. And in aviation, the FAA in the U.S. has always acted on data. We're a data-driven organization. We have the safety record we have today based on science, risk analysis and data.
1. https://www.faa.gov/news/updates/media/Emergency_Order.pdf https://www.faa.gov/news/updates/media/Emergency_Order.pdf
2. https://www.npr.org/2019/03/14/703298739/faa-acting-head-dan-elwell-on-boeing-decision https://www.npr.org/2019/03/14/703298739/faa-acting-head-dan...