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Unlike Canada, Philippines not banning Boeing jets
The Civil Aviation Authority
of the Philippines (CAAP) is not
considering banning the use of the
Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets to and from
the country.
“We cannot ground the use of
a type of aircraft, unless requested
by the ICAO (International Civil
Aviation Organization),” said Eric
Apolonio, CAAP spokesman, said
on March 12.
Canada, for its part, has
grounded Boeing 737 Max 8 jets
from its airspace following fatal
crashes.
The Canadian ban will be in
effect until further notice as safety
concerns continue to mount
following two deadly crashes.
“This safety notice restricts
commercial passenger flights from
any air operator, both domestic
and foreign, of the Boeing 737
Max 8 and 9 aircraft from arriving,
departing, or overflying Canadian Eric Apolonio
Australia
airspace,” Transport Minister Marc
and other
Garneau told media on March 13.
countries
Canada had been one of the last had moved already to ban the jet
holdouts on temporarily banning from their airspace in response to
the Max 8s in the wake of the recent growing safety concerns.
Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed
Garneau said the decision to
all 157 people on board, including issue the safety notice was made
18 Canadians.
after his department received new
The U.K., the European Union, data suggesting a similarity between
the Ethiopian Airlines crash and
another deadly crash near Indonesia
in October.
The minister said much of
the new information is new and
unproven, but added:
“There are — and I hasten to
say not conclusive — but there are
similarities that sort of exceed a
certain threshold in our minds with
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respect to the possible cause of
what happened in Ethiopia”
“My departmental officials
continue to monitor the situation
and I will not hesitate to take swift
action should we discover any
additional safety issues,” he said.
U.S. President Donald Trump
issued an “emergency order”
grounding all Boeing
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