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FAA relents, says it grounded 737 Max jets based on new data

ASHINGTON (AP) — As Lion Air have said sensors
country after country on their plane produced
grounded Boeing's 737 Max erroneous information on
jets after a deadly crash its last four flights, triggering
Sunday in Ethiopia, U.S. air an automatic nose-down
safety regulators remained command that the pilots
resolute in their refusal to were unable to overcome
do so — until Wednesday. on its final voyage.
That's when the Federal The FAA was under intense
Aviation Administration is- pressure to ground the
sued an emergency order planes and resisted even
keeping the planes on the after Canada on Wednes-
tarmac. The agency said day joined more than 40
what made the difference countries, including the Eu-
was new, enhanced sat- ropean Union and China,
ellite tracking data and in barring the Max from the
physical evidence on the air, leaving the U.S. almost
ground that linked the Ethi- alone.
opian jet's movements to The agency, which prides it-
those of an Indonesian Lion self on making data-driven
Air flight that plunged into decisions, had maintained
the Java Sea in October there was nothing to show
and killed 189 people. the Boeing jets were un- A worker walks past an avionics truck parked next to a Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane being built for
"That evidence aligns the safe, and flights continued. TUI Group at Boeing Co.'s Renton Assembly Plant Wednesday, March 13, 2019, in Renton, Wash.
Ethiopian flight closer to But President Donald Associated Press
Lion Air, what we know Trump, who announced
happened to Lion Air," said the grounding, was briefed Transportation Secretary be grounded, the White Dennis Muilenberg and
Daniel Elwell, acting FAA Wednesday on new de- Elaine Chao, and they de- House said. Trump spoke Boeing signed on.
administrator. Officials at velopments by Elwell and termined the planes should afterward with Boeing CEO Continued on Page 3