A crash that killed at least 150 Sunday morning was the second incident in recent months involving a Boeing 737 MAX8. It comes as Boeing faces harsh scrutiny over the first crash the earlier one.
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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