Stephen Brashear/Getty Images A Boeing 737 MAX 8 airliner lifts off for its first flight in Renton, Washington. Stephen Brashear/Getty Images A Boeing 737 MAX 8 airliner lifts off for its first flight in Renton, Washington. The meeting between the pilots and Boeing happened in November -- just weeks after an October crash of a Lion Air 737 Max into the Java Sea, and four months before a 737 Max operated by Ethiopian Air crashed in Ethiopia. "These guys didn't even know the damn system was on the airplane," a pilot says, seemingly referring to the Lion Air pilots. Boeing's 737 Max 8 and 9 planes were grounded worldwide after the Ethiopian Air crash in March.

Source: Ethiopian News May 15, 2019 13:30 UTC