FAA head says President Trump is right about planes being 'complex,' but they're safer than ever.
That plane and the Ethiopian Airlines flight both went down shortly after takeoff.
"We are much closer to that possibility, and that's why we grounded the airplanes," Elwell said."We got new information yesterday and we acted on it. In our minds, it is a link now that was close enough to ground the aircraft."including those of the European Union, Australia, China, Singapore, Indonesia and ArgentinaWhen asked why the U.S.
"When the FAA makes a decision like grounding airplanes, any safety decision of that magnitude, we do it based on data," Elwell said. As officials try to determine more specifically what went wrong during the doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight, data recorders from the plane arrived Thursday in France for analysis, The Associated Press reported.
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