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Airlines in Asia, Africa ground Boeing 737 Max 8s after second death crash in four-ish months

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Re: /2018/11/27/boeing_737_max_mcas_lion_air/

Point taken, and thanks for the reminder.

"when the regulatory authorities start accepting modifications to equipment and procedures without proper understanding of the implications, we all stand to lose."

That's one of the things I said at that time (but had forgotten about):

https://forums.theregister.co.uk/forum/all/2018/11/27/boeing_737_max_mcas_lion_air/#c_3666401

"in the case of the loss of AF447 and all on board, there were pitot tube icing issues already identified and various remedial programs were in progress, but its importance hadn't been fully recognised, and combined with various other unrelated failures, it led to the loss of AF447 and all on board:"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_447

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