MCAS automatically forces the nose of the plane down to prevent stalling, and was introduced to compensate for the new position of engines on the 737 Max model. The black boxes are in Paris being analysed by France’s air crash investigation bureau, the BEA. In an official statement released by Ethiopian on Monday morning, GebreMariam said he did “not want to speculate as to the cause” but “many questions on the 737 Max airplane remain without answers”. The company will brief more than 200 global airline pilots, technical experts and regulators this week on software and training updates for the 737 Max. It has taken just one of 50 737 Max planes it has on order, worth up to $6bn on listed prices.

Source: Ethiopian News March 25, 2019 15:22 UTC