An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX8 jetliner carrying 157 people crashed shortly after takeoff from the Ethiopian capital Sunday, authorities said. By Aaron Gregg Aaron Gregg Reporter covering the defense industry and government contractors. Email Bio Follow March 10 at 2:08 PM A plane crash that killed 157 in Ethiopia on Sunday morning is likely to aggravate concerns over the safety of one of Boeing’s newest commercial jets, aviation analysts say.
An Ethiopian Airlines executives said Sunday that the airplane had “no technical remarks” and was flown by an experienced pilot. He said the pilot mentioned he had difficulty and wanted to return, before losing contact with air traffic control. The Federal Aviation Administration issued a brief statement saying it was planning to assist in the investigation of the crash, which killed eight Americans and 18 Canadians.
Boeing has delivered 354 of the jets globally and has another 2,912 on order, according to market estimates maintained by Boyd Group International. The jet that crashed Sunday morning was one of five 737 MAX 8’s operated by Ethiopian Airlines, which has another 25 on order. In the United States, Southwest Airlines and American Airlines have 59 of them between their two fleets, with another 304 on order.
The report stopped short of assigning blame for the crash. But the company quickly received criticism from multiple pilots organizations in the United States after Boeing disclosed that it had made certain changes to the MAX’s autopilot software – adding a new flight control feature called the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System, or MCAS.
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What a terrible tragedy! Praying for all involved and affected. 💔
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End times? Flying machines falling out of the African sky ...
BoeingAirplanes would be screaming about grounding an entire fleet if this happened to Airbus. But then, Boeing is a greedy 'American' compnay bolstered by Trump & Crime Syndicate!!!
One would have thought this 'alarm' would have grounded all 737-800Max. But then Boeing is a greedy 'American' company being bolstered by the corruption of realDonaldTrump and Crime Syndicate. The public of US of Apathy will just give it all a pass as per usual!
Time to pull them off the shelf.
2 crashes in 4 months......coincidental? About time all 737 Max 8s are grounded.. for now...
It could be that the Boeing 737 MAX 8 has serious defects.
may their souls rest in peace....
flew many times on flights in Africa and if blame needs to be apportioned I think I would lean towards the regulatory infrastructure in these countries rather than the Boeing Corporation.
Pilot error again
Boeing’s plane has a serious software flaw.
Sounds like designer flaw
Boeing: The name means a maximum of 8 will crash this year.
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