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Well, the Chinese don't seem to agree.

Not to say it wouldn't be an easy argument in the trade war game.

The Chinese and others are responding to the concerns of their constituents or perhaps to another agenda, as you note. That action is immaterial to determining the cause(s) of this and the Lion Air crash.
 
Boeing created a fundamentally less stable plane (source) in order to realize a few percent efficiency improvement. To compensate for the inherent flaw, they implemented a new automated correction system with a single point of failure and not documented in pilot manuals or trainings.

There are several similarities between the Lion flight and the Ethiopian flight. Both had erratic speed and climb/elevation readings, both the pilots requested to return to origin, and both crashed in a steep drop within 5-15 minutes of takeoff.

The automated system mentioned above seems by all accounts to be the primary cause of the Lion pilots' struggle with the aircraft. After the crash the system became widely known, and while I hope all pilots of that model received training on disabling the automated system, but from what I can find Boeing has not issued any change to the behaviour of the system, simpler override procedure, or a secondary point of failure.

Boeing is being sued in US courts by the families of Lion passengers, but I think Boeing was very "lucky" that Lion JT610 was operated by an airline with an already dubious safety record and the passengers were all Indonesian and just one Italian. In the case of the Ethiopian flight, I have seen reports that 35 nationalities were on-board, including many Americans and Europeans, so this crash is likely to receive a much higher level of attention and scrutiny in international media.
 
Singapore has grounded all Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, including those flying in and out of Singapore. This follows previous groundings by China and Indonesia This could cause some delays. If you're flying in the region you should check with your airlines.

Some operators of the aircraft in the region and number of planes grounded:

Indonesia:
Lion Air (8)
Garuda (1)

Singapore:
Silk Air (17)

China:
Air China (15)
China Eastern (14)
China Southern (24)
Xiamen Airlines (10)


https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...boeing-737-max-planes-flights-changi-11335306

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/new...boeing-737-max-aircraft-caas-silkair-11334980
 
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Singapore has grounded all Boeing 737 MAX aircraft,

As did the EU.

Some flights were forced to land on the spot, like for instance one from the Red Sea to Amsterdam; the flight had to land in Bologna Italy and the people needed to take another flight to their final destination the next day. (Now that seems a bit like overkill; not allowed to continue 1 more hour?)
 
Ha. After the American and Canadian decisions now Boeing themselves advise to ground these planes.
 
I doubt if the switch will improve the Lion Air safety record.
 
Turkish Airlines to open direct flights between Denpasar and Istanbul. Should be very popular as Turks and Indonesians can visit either country without visa. Also good connection options from Istanbul to Europe, Middle East and North Africa.

 
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47691478

A British Airways flight destined for Düsseldorf in Germany has landed in Edinburgh by mistake, after the flight paperwork was submitted incorrectly.
The passengers only realised the error when the plane landed and the "welcome to Edinburgh" announcement was made.
 
And Boeing acknowledges there have been problems with the emergency fire extinguishers of the engines of the 787 Dreamliner. It seems sometimes they get stuck, which esp. for transatlantic flights could be an issue.

The FAA states a monthly check should suffice ?
 
And the news on the 737 Max is that they should be back in operation before the end of the year. Some optimistic airlines think about September.
 
While the 400 planes are still grounded, there was a rather big surprise when Boeing announced that IAG, the parent company of British Airways, Aer Lingus and Vueling, will buy 200 of the Boeing 737 MAX. This deal is worth up to USD$24 billion.

Obviously the Europeans (read: Airbus) were surprised and not happy. Could this have anything to do with a charming offensive by the US (company) of the UK related to a BREXIT? Or just a strategic move from IAG to get better deals from Aibus?
 
It's not like they will get them tomorrow

By the time they arrive (renamed?) Everyone will have forgotten the scandal and iag get big discount for the media plug etc
Good time to buy a Boeing plane
 
Of course maybe next year the order is quietly cancelled
 
In SoCal I had some neighbors working for Boeing. And I always thought the production would be very slow, such a huge project with many components and extensive QA/QC.

Fifty per year or so? But then I heard they produced more than 50 of such a plane model per month. Per month, that's rather impressive. ?

So not tomorrow no, but still...
 

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