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Dennis Donovan

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11. Yep...
Sun Mar 10, 2019, 10:50 AM
Mar 2019
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_MAX#Accidents_and_incidents

Accidents and incidents
On October 29, 2018, Lion Air Flight 610, a Boeing 737 MAX 8, crashed into the Java Sea 13 minutes after take off from Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, Jakarta, Indonesia. The flight was a scheduled domestic flight to Depati Amir Airport, Pangkal Pinang, Indonesia. All 189 onboard died. This was both the first fatal aviation accident and first hull loss of a 737 MAX. The aircraft was delivered to Lion Air just two months prior. Following the Lion Air accident, Boeing issued an operational manual guidance, advising airlines how to address erroneous cockpit readings. The crash is currently under investigation.

On March 10, 2019, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX 8, registration ET-AVJ, crashed approximately six minutes after takeoff at 0530 UTC from Addis Ababa. The flight was a scheduled flight from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to Nairobi, Kenya. All 149 passengers and 8 crew members on board died. At the time of the accident, the aircraft was only 4 months old. The cause of the accident is unclear as of 10th March 2019, however The Guardian reported “The flight had unstable vertical speed after takeoff", based on a tweet from flight tracking service Flightradar24.


Both right after departure. Hope there was enough left to pinpoint the cause.

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More links nitpicker Mar 2019 #1
BBC live updates thread nitpicker Mar 2019 #2
No survivors ananda Mar 2019 #5
Horrible news. Judi Lynn Mar 2019 #3
Oh shit... a la izquierda Mar 2019 #4
Africa has a Bad Rep when it comes to Aviation Andy Dzhubois Mar 2019 #6
isn't russia usually becsuse of weather ? JI7 Mar 2019 #7
No. Russia's airlines have a poor record..... machoneman Mar 2019 #14
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2019 #21
Ethiopian has generally been an exception to that rule. brooklynite Mar 2019 #8
Ethiopian has a pretty good aviation record The Truth Is Here Mar 2019 #26
I think the 737 max 8 may gave issues whistler162 Mar 2019 #27
Other countries standards for maintainance.. Maxheader Mar 2019 #9
It's not the first one. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2019 #10
Yep... Dennis Donovan Mar 2019 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #15
The data recorder should survive. Adrahil Mar 2019 #19
Nationalities of passengers dalton99a Mar 2019 #12
18 Canadians? Tour group? Dennis Donovan Mar 2019 #13
Only one we've heard about so far is a professor from Carleton University in Ottawa. n/t OnlinePoker Mar 2019 #22
or canadians of ethiopian or Kenyan descent visiting family JI7 Mar 2019 #23
CNN: Second air disaster involving Boeing 737 MAX 8 crazytown Mar 2019 #16
Like the de Havilland Comet... Dennis Donovan Mar 2019 #17
No good news here. A photo from NYT ... marble falls Mar 2019 #18
That freaks me out gopiscrap Mar 2019 #20
Cayman Airlines suspends Max 8 operations brooklynite Mar 2019 #24
China grounds Boeing 737 MAX planes after Ethiopian air crash Eugene Mar 2019 #25
Ugh I'm flying on one this week. a la izquierda Mar 2019 #28
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