Grounding of Boeing jets has some passengers -- even experienced ones -- feeling jittery
As the European Union and Britain became the latest jurisdictions to ground the Boeing 737 Max 8 following two deadly crashes, some passengers at Reagan National Airport were nervous about the airplane.
The decision by the E.U. and Britain to ground the Boeing jet followed similar action by France, Germany and at least 10 other countries, while the FAA remained one of the holdouts in continuing to certify the airworthiness of the U.S.-made Boeing 737 Max 8. The grounding orders issued by several other nations followed Sunday’s crash when a Ethiopian Airlines jet went down after leaving Addis Ababa, killing 157 people.
Seidel, who flew 81 times last year, said the news grabbed his attention before he flew to the District from Chicago to meet a new tour group in Washington, but he put it aside.Yet, Seidel also couldn’t help thinking that because the two crashes occurred in countries that might seem remote to many Americans, the U.S. government has been slower to move and the public has been less plugged in.
“It’s too many lives at risk not to check this out,” Schorr, 51, said. She said she wasn’t sure what she would do if she discovered that the aircraft that would take her back home might be the same model as the one in the Ethiopian crash. “I think I might go up and ask them when I’m checking in — I might ask them what kind of flight I’m getting on, whether it’s safe.”
“I think, in this case, they have not come up with a reason, and that’s just more of a concern,” he said. “We’ve just got to get an answer about what it is.”
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