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Old 03-29-2019, 09:44 AM   #324
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Not really telling us anything new, but...

https://arstechnica.com/information-...ian-737-crash/

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At a high-level briefing at the Federal Aviation Administration on March 28, officials revealed "black box" data from Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 indicated that the Boeing 737 MAX's flight software had activated an anti-stall feature that pushed the nose of the plane down just moments after takeoff. The preliminary finding officially links Boeing's Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) to a second crash within a five-month period. The finding was based on data provided to FAA officials by Ethiopian investigators.
Also, this is some amazing spin:

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Ewell defended the FAA's late decision to ground the 737 MAX after the Ethiopian Airlines crash, telling senators,"We may have been, I think someone said, the last country to ground the aircraft but the United States and Canada were the first countries to ground the aircraft with data."
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