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For those who want to keep up with the investigations on the Lion Air and Ethiopian B38M flights, a very good source is Aviation Herald.
Lion Air discussion link
Ethiopian discussion link
At this time,
Boeing issued an amendment to the 737 MAX 8 / B38M operating manual in early November.
The FAA issued an Airworthiness Directive pertaining to the AOA indicator at the beginning of November, with 30 days for USA airlines to comply.
The NTSB and Boeing have sent investigators to assist Ethiopian investigators, and both cockpit recorder and flight data recorder from ET 302.
China grounded all 737 MAX Chinese airline operated aircraft.
The US FAA has declined to ground USA based 737 MAX aircraft. Link to PDF.
The EU has grounded all 737 MAX aircraft.
The APFA AA flight attendants’ union has requested AA ground AA 7M8 / B38M aircraft.
The ALPA AA pilots’ union has asked passengers refrain from jumping to conclusions and allow investigators to do their job.
Link to article: “How to Tell If You’re Flying on a Boeing 737 MAX in North America”, by JT Genter, The Points Guy, 11 March 2019
Below: stabilizer trim disengagement switches
Last edited by JDiver; Mar 12, 2019 at 1:31 pm