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As is his custom as a daytime television star, Trump issued an emergency order grounding the 737 Max 8 and the 737 Max 9.
After FAA had already decided to do exactly that.
The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday grounded all Boeing 737 Max jets in the U.S., citing new evidence that showed similarities between two fatal crashes of the popular planes that have killed 346 people in less than five months.
The crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on Sunday came less than five months after a Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 — the same type of plane — plunged into the Java Sea minutes into the flight from Jakarta, Indonesia, killing all 189 people on board. Both planes were new, delivered from Boeing just months before their doomed flights.
The FAA said the grounding will remain in effect while it investigates the crash.
New satellite data shows the plane’s movement was similar to the October crash, the FAA’s acting administrator Daniel Elwell told reporters on a call Wednesday. The agency also took physical evidence into account, but Elwell declined to elaborate.
“It became clear the track was very close and behaved similarly to the Lion Air flight,” Elwell told reporters on a call Wednesday. “My hope is the FAA, the carriers, the manufacturers and all parties will work very hard to make this grounding as short as possible so that these airplanes can get back up in the sky.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/13/boe...says-us-expected-to-ground-737-max-fleet.html
Passenger Mort Greenberg was waiting at the gate in Miami on American Airlines Flight 2809 when the news broke that President Trump was grounding all Boeing Max 8 planes.
He was scheduled to fly on a Max 8 plane. His flight, however, had already been canceled, according to American Airlines’ website. Within 5 minutes AA had sent him a notice of rebooking without having to ask.
Boeing 737 Max 8 planes grounded after Ethiopian crash: Live updates - CNN
Trump issued an emergency order for an action already taken by the FAA. That sounds so much like Trump. He always has to be the center of attention even when a federal agency is simply doing its job.
The fool even admits talking to Boeing and the FAA before taking issuing the order.
"President Donald Trump said he spoke with Boeing’s CEO, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and the acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration, Daniel Elwell about the decision."
“They are all in agreement with the action," Trump said.
Of course, they were. That had already been decided.
After FAA had already decided to do exactly that.
The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday grounded all Boeing 737 Max jets in the U.S., citing new evidence that showed similarities between two fatal crashes of the popular planes that have killed 346 people in less than five months.
The crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on Sunday came less than five months after a Lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 — the same type of plane — plunged into the Java Sea minutes into the flight from Jakarta, Indonesia, killing all 189 people on board. Both planes were new, delivered from Boeing just months before their doomed flights.
The FAA said the grounding will remain in effect while it investigates the crash.
New satellite data shows the plane’s movement was similar to the October crash, the FAA’s acting administrator Daniel Elwell told reporters on a call Wednesday. The agency also took physical evidence into account, but Elwell declined to elaborate.
“It became clear the track was very close and behaved similarly to the Lion Air flight,” Elwell told reporters on a call Wednesday. “My hope is the FAA, the carriers, the manufacturers and all parties will work very hard to make this grounding as short as possible so that these airplanes can get back up in the sky.”
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/13/boe...says-us-expected-to-ground-737-max-fleet.html
Passenger Mort Greenberg was waiting at the gate in Miami on American Airlines Flight 2809 when the news broke that President Trump was grounding all Boeing Max 8 planes.
He was scheduled to fly on a Max 8 plane. His flight, however, had already been canceled, according to American Airlines’ website. Within 5 minutes AA had sent him a notice of rebooking without having to ask.
Boeing 737 Max 8 planes grounded after Ethiopian crash: Live updates - CNN
Trump issued an emergency order for an action already taken by the FAA. That sounds so much like Trump. He always has to be the center of attention even when a federal agency is simply doing its job.
The fool even admits talking to Boeing and the FAA before taking issuing the order.
"President Donald Trump said he spoke with Boeing’s CEO, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and the acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration, Daniel Elwell about the decision."
“They are all in agreement with the action," Trump said.
Of course, they were. That had already been decided.