Ethiopian Airlines pilot 'had no training' on new Boeing simulator before the crash
Addis Ababa — The captain of a doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight did not practise on a new simulator for the Boeing 737 MAX 8 before he died in a crash with 157 others, a pilot colleague says.
In both cases, the pilots lost control soon after takeoff and fought a losing battle to stop their jets plunging down. Ethiopian Airlines said on Thursday its pilots had completed training recommended by Boeing and approved by the US Federal Aviation Administration on differences between the previous 737 NG aircraft and the 737 MAX version.
Globally, most commercial airline pilots refresh training in simulators every six months. In the Ethiopian crash, it was not clear if Yared’s colleague, first officer Ahmednur Mohammed, 25, who also died in the crash, had used the new simulator. The 737 MAX 8 was introduced into commercial service in 2017, but pilots of older 737s were only required to have computer-based training to switch, according to Boeing, airlines, unions and regulators.
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