Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
The CAA's statement is perfectly clear. It only fails to make sense if a poster arbitrarily removes part of it:
"however, as we do not currently have sufficient information from the flight data recorder we have, as a precautionary measure, issued instructions to stop any commercial passenger flights from any operator arriving, departing or overflying UK airspace."
I could be cynical and observe that
a problem that seems to manifest during the take off phase with the flaps up is now deemed to pose a risk in the landing phase with the flaps down but that is not necessarily a clear distinction in terms of
do operators know what does and doesn't lead to odd inputs?
I thus appreciate that their remit has to do with public due care, etc. and thus the abundance of caution approach is understood.
(Plus, it has to take off again, doesn't it?)