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Ethiopian Airlines crash: Canada stands by 737 Max 8

Despite several airlines in Europe and across the world, grounding the Boeing 737 Max 8, after the fatal crash in Ethiopia, Canada said that it would not halt the operations until further investigations. About 18 Canadians were among the victims of the Sunday's crash in which 157 people were killed.

Ethiopian Airlines crash: Canada stands by 737 Max 8

Marc Garneau, Canada Minister of Transport

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Published : Mar 13, 2019, 8:11 AM IST

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Updated : Mar 13, 2019, 9:13 AM IST

Montreal: Canada's Transportation Minister is standing by the country's stance on not grounding Air Canada's fleet of Boeing 737 Max 8 airplanes.

"It's important for us not to jump to conclusions, but to evaluate in a very objective and logical way what happened," said Minister Marc Garneau.

Marc Garneau, Canada Minister of Transport

"At the moment we have no information whatsoever to lead us to any hypothesis. And yet there are many possible causes of, of this tragic accident. So we are in the data gathering mode, we're looking for information."

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Garneau's comments come as several airlines in Europe and around the world have grounded the planes after a fatal crash in Ethiopia on Sunday and one in Indonesia last year.

18 Canadians were among the victims of Sunday's crash.

Canada is working with the US Federal Aviation Authority to determine if action is required.

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"I have directed my group of experts to be ready for all possibilities including a decision to ground Max 8," said Garneau.

"At this point we have not taken any decision because we want to as I say try to get as much information as possible before we make that decision."

Montreal: Canada's Transportation Minister is standing by the country's stance on not grounding Air Canada's fleet of Boeing 737 Max 8 airplanes.

"It's important for us not to jump to conclusions, but to evaluate in a very objective and logical way what happened," said Minister Marc Garneau.

Marc Garneau, Canada Minister of Transport

"At the moment we have no information whatsoever to lead us to any hypothesis. And yet there are many possible causes of, of this tragic accident. So we are in the data gathering mode, we're looking for information."

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Garneau's comments come as several airlines in Europe and around the world have grounded the planes after a fatal crash in Ethiopia on Sunday and one in Indonesia last year.

18 Canadians were among the victims of Sunday's crash.

Canada is working with the US Federal Aviation Authority to determine if action is required.

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"I have directed my group of experts to be ready for all possibilities including a decision to ground Max 8," said Garneau.

"At this point we have not taken any decision because we want to as I say try to get as much information as possible before we make that decision."

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Bishoftu Town, Ethiopia - March 12, 2019 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Debris, rescuers
2. Various of rescuers, search operation in progress
3. Various of debris
4. Various of flowers laid in memory of victims
5. Hole in ground caused by plane crash
6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wang Guanghui, project manager, Ethiopian branch, China Railway Seventh Group Co. Ltd. (partially overlaid with shot 7):
"The cockpit has dived deep into the ground and due to the giant impact force, all the parts were squeezed together. After we dug out all the them, a pit of nearly 20 meters deep showed up like this, which is the deepest level the plane crashed into. We did not find any complete items during the digging, not even a complete seat. All the parts were so crushed and smashed [due to the crash], with not even one item staying complete enough that we could tell what it is from its appearance."
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7. Hole in ground
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8. Various of rescuers, search operation in progress
9. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Wang Guanghui, project manager, Ethiopian branch, China Railway Seventh Group Co. Ltd."
"Because all the debris of the plane was mixed with the earth so it was very hard to pick them out. So we discussed with the Ethiopia Airlines and decided to expand the debris field to an area much larger than where the debris actually scattered. So once we cleared the earth around, a relatively complete body of the plane showed up in the middle, and it is then easier for rescuers to lift it up to the ground."
10. Various of rescuers picking through debris, search operation in progress
11. Various of local residents
Rescuers from a Chinese company based in Ethiopia have been helping with recovery efforts at the site of Sunday's tragic plane crash which killed all 149 passengers and eight crew members.
The Ethiopian Airlines aircraft departed Addis Ababa Bole International Airport on Sunday morning bound for Kenya's Nairobi, but contact was lost just minutes after take off and the plane crashed near the town of Bishoftu, killing all on-board.
The airline said on Monday that the black box data recorder from the fallen plane has been recovered as the investigation into the accident gathers pace, while the search for bodies and plane parts continues.
According to an official from the Ethiopian branch of China Railway Seventh Group, which had been undertaking work in a China-invested project nearby, the company soon offered their services to join in with the search and rescue operation at the request of Ethiopian Airlines.
Wang Guanghui, a project manager with the company, said the rescuers did not see any major parts of the airplane when they rushed to the site, with a huge crater created in the ground, such was the apparent force of the impact.
Rescuers were also astonished to find out that the 20-plus-meter-long aircraft had been severely crushed beyond recognition, while debris has been scattered across an area of around 10,000 square meters nearby.
"The cockpit has dived deep into the ground and due to the giant impact force, all the parts were squeezed together. After we dug out all the them, a pit of nearly 20 meters deep showed up like this, which is the deepest level the plane crashed into. We did not find any complete items during the digging, not even a complete seat. All the parts were so crushed and smashed [due to the crash], with not even one item staying complete enough that we could tell what it is from its appearance," said Wang.
He said the company dispatched four large diggers and over 20 rescuers, all of whom worked for about 30 hours continuously at the site. However, the search operation remains complicated, as the plane was so badly decimated in the devastating crash.
"Because all the debris of the plane was mixed with the earth so it was very hard to pick them out. So we discussed with the Ethiopia Airlines and decided to expand the debris field to an area much larger than where the debris actually scattered. So once we cleared the earth around, a relatively complete body of the plane showed up in the middle, and it is then easier for rescuers to lift it up to the ground," Wang said.
The salvage and clear-up work of all the debris at the accident site is expected to be completed over the course of the next few days, while the crater will be filled in according to international conventions.
Sunday's incident was the second crash of a Boeing 737 Max plane in less than six months, after a Lion Air jet crashed in Indonesia last year on October 29, killing 189 people.
Several aviation authorities and airlines around the world have now grounded the Boeing 737 Max aircraft, citing safety concerns.
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