'Performed excellently': Air Canada, WestJet stand behind safety of Boeing plane
Canadian authorities will not require national airlines to ground their Boeing 737 Max 8 jets in the aftermath of the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 people, the second mass fatality involving this plane in five months.
Garneau said his team is in “constant contact” with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board, the agencies responsible for regulating the plane built in Washington State. Canada’s Transportation Safety Board is only involved in investigations on Canadian soil or involving a Canadian manufacturer.
Authorities in Ethiopia, China, Indonesia and the Cayman Islands grounded the model as a precaution, but Garneau said Canada will wait to take action until the cause of the crash is determined.Air Canada and WestJet both continue to operate the model. When asked if the crash will affect their future procurement plans, both touted the safety of the aircraft.
Shares of Boeing Co., the world’s largest planemaker and best-performing Dow Jones component this year by a wide margin, dropped 5.3 per cent, paring losses of about 13.5 per cent shortly after the open in New York. The 737 MAX jets are Boeing’s most popular aircraft. Orders for the MAX planes surpassed 5,000 last year, according to Boeing’s most recent financial reports.
But not all countries grounded the planes immediately. Boeing has historically made very safe planes, said Mark Laurence, national chairperson of the Canadian Federal Pilots Association. When manufacturers upgrade their jets, pilots are required to take additional training to learn about the differences between the old and new models.
“It is really odd to have two airplanes brand new like that crash in a short period of time,” Laurence said.
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