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BY HANA MAE NASSAR Posted Mar 13, 2019 8:53 am PDT Last Updated Mar 13, 2019 at 9:05 am PDT
OTTAWA (NEWS 1130) – Canada has now moved to ban the use of Boeing 737 Max 8s.
Transport Minister Marc Garneau says a safety notice has been issued, meaning the new type of aircraft is now banned from flying in or above Canada. A Boeing 737 Max 8 plane was involved in the deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash on Sunday that left 157 people dead, including 18 Canadians.
Garneau says the decision was made after new information about Sunday’s crash was received Wednesday morning.
“The new information, and I hasten to say this is new information that we received and analyzed this morning, comes from validated satellite tracking data suggesting a possible, although unproven, similarity in the flight profile of the Lion Air aircraft,” the minister said. “I caution that this new information is not conclusive, and that we must await further evidence, hopefully, from the voice and data recorders.”
Garneau adds it’s still too soon to speculate about the exact cause of the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302.
The safety notice takes effect immediately, and will remain in effect until further notice.