After the crash of a Boeing 737 Max 8 in Ethiopia, the pressure on the aviation authority, to block the air space for the plane model is growing in the United States. However, the FAA sees “no basis”.
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The Boeing 737 Max 8 is still safe?
The influential U.S. senators, Mitt Romney and Elizabeth Warren, called on the FAA to follow the example of many other countries and to withdraw from the Boeing-aircraft type, the 737 Max 8 to launch. Also, Senator Ted Cruz, who chairs the sub – Committee for aviation and space travel, joined the claim. It would be wise to leave the aircraft temporarily not to take off until the FAA could confirm that they were safe, said Cruz. The aviation authority had declared the machines previously capable of flight, but a Software Update is required.
“Safety is priority”
Lori Bassani, the President of the Union APFA (Association of Professional flight attendants), said: “The safety of our Crews and passengers is a priority.” Flight attendants would not be forced to fly if they felt unsafe. APFA represents the more than 27,000 flight attendants of American Airlines. Also the trade Union of transport workers (TWU), in which, among other things, the flight attendants of Southwest Airlines are organized, demanded a prohibition of start. “People need to always be about profits,” said the TWU.
Nevertheless, declared Southwest Airlines, American Airlines and United Airlines, the confidence they have in their fleets. Flight data showed that the Boeing 737 Max 8 to be safe. The FAA underlined its Position: For a flight ban, there is currently “no basis,” said their chief Daniel Elwell. The previous Review had revealed no systemic problems. Other aviation authorities have given the US no data that would justify such an approach.
Europe banned Max 8 and 9
A number of countries have locked their airspace for the plane model, however, already, including Germany. The ban will remain in force until such time as all doubts as to the safety of the machines would be resolved, announced Federal transport Minister Andreas Scheuer.
To doubt the airworthiness of the Boeing 737 Max 8: the Federal Minister of transport, Andreas Scheuer
Also, the European aviation authority, EASA, in said the operation of the aircraft types are 737 Max 8 and Max 9 for Europe, following decisions by France, great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands, Belgium and Poland.
Five months before the Crash in Ethiopia on Sunday, in which all 157 inmates were killed, was already crashed a Boeing 737 Max 8 in Indonesia. The accidents occurred shortly after the Start.
wa/ww (dpa, rtr)