by B. R. GOWANI
Lion Air flight 610 crashed in October 2018 killing 189 people
the plane was US company Boeing 737 of the MAX 800 series
like all giant corporations, Boeing blamed the victim – Lion Air
Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 went down on March 10, 2019
all 159 passengers and crew members were killed
the plane was the same make and model as Lion Air
somebody on Fox TV blamed the Ethiopian Airlines’ pilot
companies/corporations are always portrayed as infallible
in spite of pilots having complained about Boeing 737 Max 8 planes
FAA showed its confidence in Max 8’s “continued airworthiness“
Federal Aviation Administration is closely linked to airplane manufacturers
manufacturers’ employees do safety checks on their own planes for FAA
employees are, of course, paid by the manufacturers
Trump gets a call from Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg to avoid any action
(Canada grounded fleet Wednesday morning with lame excuses for delay)
same evening, US became the last country to ground Boeing’s 737 Max 8s
after pressure from various sources, Trump announced the grounding
but not surprisingly he also praised and defended Boeing:
“Boeing is an incredible company“
“God bless Boeing”
“Airplanes are becoming far too complex to fly.”
it was like glorifying a murderer at a funeral of the victim
because Boeing and the government players are intricately connected
Trump will try forcing China to buy US made airplanes
Trump’s former US ambassador Haley is nominated as Boeing”s director
she doesn’t believe in unions and worked to crush Boeing’s union)
Trump’s Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan is a former Boeing executive
many politicians get Boeing money to fight elections
over $15 million was spent through lobbyists
Boeing also gave $1 million for Trump’s inauguration
US National Transportation Safety Board wanted to check the black boxes
Ethiopia doesn’t trust the US NTSB to come up with an honest report
it gave the black boxes to a French agency
the video shows people screaming for help, offering prayers
but their fate was sealed by the earthly gods in the most powerful nation
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com