Air Crash: Comair chooses not to ground its Boeing 737 Max-8 By Tessa Knight and Chanel Retief
The ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 that crashed shortly after take-off on Sunday, 10 March killing all 149 people on board, had flown out of Johannesburg from OR Tambo International Airport the day before.internet-based service that shows real-time commercial aircraft flight information on a map,
the Ethiopian Airlines plane travelled from OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg to Addis Ababa in the late hours of Saturday, 9 March. On Sunday morning it left from Addis Ababa for Nairobi but six minutes into the flight it crashed.on Flightrader shows that its altitude increases and decreases erratically minutes after takeoff. The craft reached its peak altitude right before flying over mountainous terrain and then dramatically descended. Minutes later the plane’s tracking was lost.
Despite global concern over safety, South African airline Comair released a statement on 11 March saying that the airline will continue to operate the Boeing 737-8 it received and launched in February 2019.Our highly trained and experienced flight crew and engineers remain vigilant. If we receive information that requires us to reassess the situation, please be assured we will take appropriate action in the interests of the safety of our staff and customers,” the airline’s press release reads.
But social media has already picked up on the event, with users posting information on how to change scheduled flights on Boeing 737 MAX 8s as well asIt certainly seems prudent that in the absence of information as to exactly what caused this crash for airlines to completely review their operations with 737 MAXs and if they have the capacity it makes sense for them to ground the aircraft provisionally,” says Leitch.
According to the spokesperson for the South African Civil Aviation Authority Kabel Ledwaba, the organisation is engaging all affected stakeholders.We reassure all concerned that we are closely monitoring the situation and will take a decision once more information becomes available,” Ledwaba told
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