EDITORIAL: President wise to ground 737 MAX airplanes
This was a smart move for the safety of Americans and for
Further deaths would be unacceptable.
And a third incident would have been blow so crushing to
At this point,
As the
In addition, and perhaps more importantly, two of the largest unions representing flight attendants demanded the airplane grounded. The flight crews were simply sharing the concerns of jittery passengers fearful of flying on a MAX.
None of this means that
This is essentially the stand Trump took when he seemed to push the
"Hopefully (
"We are supporting this proactive step out of an abundance of caution,"
Sunday's crash in
The data from Sunday's crash should yield more insights into the 737 MAX, which is the latest version of
What the investigation of the two crashes reveals will be critical to whether those orders are ever filled and
But taking the time to do an investigation now is far preferable to the panic that would occur following a third disaster.
It's important to pinpoint the cause of both crashes before another 737 MAX takes to the air.
Editorials are the opinion of the Union-Bulletin's Editorial Board. The board is composed of
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