Gol said it has made nearly 3,000 flights with the Max 8, which went into service last June, with "total security and efficiency." The airline said it is following the investigation closely and hopes to return the aircraft to use as soon as possible. The grounding applies to all European Union airspace.īrazil's Gol Airlines has suspended the use of seven Max 8 jets. It says companies may make one noncommercial flight to return their planes to a location where they can be inspected. A Canadian family of six were among the dead.Ī family member holds a framed photo of loved one at the scene where the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed. It could be something else."Ĭanada lost 18 of its citizens in Sunday's crash, the second highest number after Kenya. This is not the proof that is the same root problem. "So, if we look at the profile, there are vertical fluctuations, in the vertical profile of the aircraft and there were similarities in what we saw," Garneau said.
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He said that in the case of the Lion Air crash off Indonesia, the pilot fought against computer software that wanted to drop the nose of the plane. He said the new information indicated that the Ethiopian Airliner jet's automatic system kicked in to force the nose of the aircraft down after computer software determined it was too high. Garneau, a former astronaut who flew in the space shuttle, emphasised that the data is not conclusive but crossed a threshold that prompted Canada to bar the Max 8.
Meanwhile, Canada joined much of the world in barring the Boeing 737 Max 8 jet from its airspace on Wednesday, saying satellite tracking data shows possible but unproven similarities between the Ethiopian Airliner crash and a previous crash involving the model five months ago.Ĭanadian Transport Minister Marc Garneau said a comparison of vertical fluctuations found a "similar profile" to the Lion Air crash that killed 187 people in October. Relatives react at the scene where the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed shortly after takeoff on Sunday killing all 157 on board.
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