Canadian officials issued the “safety notice” after new data was reviewed Wednesday morning.
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“My experts have looked at this and compared it to the flight that occurred with Lion Air six months ago in October, and . . . there are similarities that sort of exceed a certain threshold in our minds with respect to the possible cause of what happened in Ethiopia,” he said. But it is not clear if Elwell and the FAA, the nation’s top air safety organization, have the final say. President Trump has prominently inserted himself in the decision-making process on the highly technical safety issue, a break from practice during the Obama administration.
During a call with reporters Monday to discuss her agency’s budget, Transportation Sec. Elaine Chao answered several questions on the U.S. response to the crash, saying the FAA would issue an international notice standing behind the Boeing plane. She also said her department would take “immediate and appropriate action” if safety issues were discovered.
In a preliminary report of the Lion Air crash, a device known as an “angle of attack” sensor mistakenly indicated the plane’s nose was too high, prompting the plane’s automation software to push the plane downward. The Lion Air pilots fought to raise the plane’s nose but were unable to sending the plane crashing into the Java Sea.
When asked at a press conference what information the Canadians have that the American might not, Garneau said: “We got this data this morning, analyzed it and made a decision...I can’t tell you for sure if the FAA has the data, but we are in touch with them and so they will know by now and they have to make a decision… whether that is a threshold point for them.”
[FAA doubles down on decision not to ground the Boeing 737 Max, as counterparts around the world have done]
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