{"id":35996,"date":"2019-03-14T18:46:21","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T18:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=35996"},"modified":"2019-03-14T18:46:21","modified_gmt":"2019-03-14T18:46:21","slug":"officially-spooked-by-this-latest-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=35996","title":{"rendered":"Officially spooked by this latest crash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1089816167-boeing-737-max-8-von-ethiopian-airlines-iGYdSzkKta7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-35997\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1089816167-boeing-737-max-8-von-ethiopian-airlines-iGYdSzkKta7-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1089816167-boeing-737-max-8-von-ethiopian-airlines-iGYdSzkKta7-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1089816167-boeing-737-max-8-von-ethiopian-airlines-iGYdSzkKta7-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1089816167-boeing-737-max-8-von-ethiopian-airlines-iGYdSzkKta7.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It takes quite a lot to spook me about air travel. I don&#8217;t usually get the heebie-jeebies when incidents occur aboard aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>However, I am officially spooked by the crash of that Boeing 737 MAX 8 in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, I am glad that the president of the United States ordered the planes out of the sky. Donald Trump has been criticized for being a bit late issuing the order in the wake of the crash that killed 157 people, including eight Americans. I won&#8217;t join that criticism. He acted and I support the grounding of the aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s so terribly troubling is the nature of the crash and the reports that the plane somehow &#8212; all by itself &#8212; pitched nose-first into the ground. The pilot was not at fault. Indeed, I understand that Ethiopian Airlines is a first-rate air carrier.<\/p>\n<p>I am grateful that I won&#8217;t be traveling by air anytime soon. I also am glad to avoid having to order myself and my family off one of those MAX 8 jetliners were the need to arise.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it is troubling that the aircraft built by a proud American company now has been deemed suspect in the cause of this tragedy. National pride, though, doesn&#8217;t matter when the overarching issue is the safety of human beings.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, I am so spooked that I might never book a flight aboard one of those MAX aircraft &#8212; even if the smart folks fix what ails it.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It takes quite a lot to spook me about air travel. I don&#8217;t usually get the heebie-jeebies when incidents occur aboard aircraft. However, I am officially spooked by the crash of that Boeing 737 MAX 8 in Ethiopia. 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