Boeing 737 max 8 crashed on the morning of 10 Mar, 60 km southwest of the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa
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Victims of the crash were 157 people, including 149 passengers and eight crew members – citizens of Ethiopia. Among the dead – came from 35 countries, including three Russians
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Flight recorders from the crashed airliner Boeing 737 MAX 8 of Ethiopian Airlines the airline delivered on Thursday in the French Bureau of inquiry and analysis for civil aviation safety (BEA) to explore, according to Reuters.
According to the Agency, the Bureau analyzes the data recorder digital flight data and cockpit voice recorder to determine why the Boeing 737 MAX 8 of Ethiopian Airlines airline fell in a few minutes after takeoff. Experts will start technical analysis of the black boxes on Friday.
BEA published on Thursday in his Twitter microblog a photo of one of the flight recorders from the crashed airliner. According to the snapshot, which provided the investigators from Ethiopia, the device of the red color strongly bent. “The Ethiopian team of investigators arrived at BEA today at 13:00 (15:00 Moscow time – Approx. TASS)- according to the organization. – Conducted coordination meeting. Technical work will begin tomorrow.”
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Originally it was planned that the causes of the crash will be dealt with by the Germans. But on Wednesday, the German Federal office of investigation of aviation incidents, refused to take to explore the black boxes from the crashed airliner, citing a lack of necessary technical possibilities.
The conclusions of the French experts will be used by the investigating authorities of Ethiopia, who carried out an official investigation. The Ethiopians will also help of three professionals to help them National Council for transport safety.
A possible situation where the Ethiopian side will reject the insights of the French. This is what happened in the investigation of the crash of 2010 in Lebanon. Then the Ethiopian airliner crashed into the sea immediately after takeoff. The French then decided that the crash was caused by a mistake of the pilots, but Ethiopian Airlines disagreed, Reuters reports.
Currently an experienced team investigating the crash, exist only in some States, including the UK, France, Australia, USA, Canada. But the greatest experience of disaster, including with the participation of French aircraft manufacturer Airbus and American Boeing, gained respectively the Americans and the French.
Boeing 737 max 8 crashed on the morning of 10 Mar, 60 km southwest of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. Liner headed to Nairobi, and crashed six minutes after take-off. Victims of the crash were 157 people, including 149 passengers and eight crew members – citizens of Ethiopia. Among the dead – came from 35 countries, including three Russians.
One of the possible causes of the crash could become a feature of the system of MCAS (maneuvering characteristics augmentation system), which automatically sends the nose of the plane.
After the crash of October 29, 2018 in Indonesia, a similar plane, which was carrying 189 people, turned out that when flying in manual mode MCAS corrects itself dangerous high angles during flight, lowering the nose of the aircraft. Because of this, ships can suddenly break into a nosedive. In this regard, Boeing agreed to install new software on court 737 MAX, making “the already safe aircraft even safer”.
However, passengers and investors remained a concern. After the crash of Ethiopian Boeing shares tumbled 11%, and the company lost more than $ 26 billion.
After the disaster from the operation of the Boeing 737 MAX 8, was suspended, China, Australia, Malaysia, Oman, Turkey, Singapore, India, UK, France, Germany and some other countries, as well as a number of Latin American airlines.
The European aviation safety Agency (EASA) also announced the introduction of a temporary ban on all flights of aircraft models of Boeing 737 MAX 8 and 737 MAX 9 in the airspace of the European Union until the completion of the investigation of the causes of the disaster.
The US President Donald trump on Wednesday took the decision to suspend flights of the Boeing 737 MAX in American airspace. Later, the relevant regulations issued by the Federal aviation administration (FAA) of the United States, reports TASS.
In addition, the temporary suspension of flights of the Boeing 737 MAX was announced in the Russian airline S7, which is currently the only operator of these aircraft in Russia. To ban the flights of such aircraft over the country are planned.
The last country to ban flights, became Japan. She announced on Thursday, March 14.
In fact, the ban touched 371 of the liner corresponding model. If the investigation shows the presence of serious technical problems, the question will be the fate of thousands of Boeing 737 MAX orders, production of which has already been obtained by the aircraft manufacturer. So, Garuda Indonesia is considering the possibility of cancellation of purchase order for 20 Boeing 737 MAX.