The software known as MCAS is at the centre of accident probes in both the crash of Ethiopian flight 302 and a Lion Air accident in Indonesia five months earlier.
SEATTLE/PARIS/ADDIS ABABA - Boeing anti-stall software repeatedly forced down the nose of a doomed Ethiopian jet after pilots had turned it off, sources told Reuters as investigators scrutinise the role played by technology and crew in the fatal 10 March crash.
The Ethiopian crash led to a global grounding of 737 MAX jets and scrutiny of the aircraft's certification process. Initial results of the accident investigation are due within days. People familiar with the investigation have already said the anti-stall software was activated by erroneous ‘angle of attack’ data from a key aircraft sensor.
The Wall Street Journal reported earlier that the pilots had initially followed Boeing’s emergency procedures but later deviated from them as they tried to regain control of the plane.
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