Boeing has moved to ground its entire global 737 MAX aircraft fleet after an Ethiopian Airline crash killed 157 people. Faulty sensors on a Boeing MAX jet that resulted in an Ethiopian Airlines crash earlier this year are reportedly thought to have been triggered by a bird strike. The theory suspected by US aviation officials is a bird strike caused erroneous input to set off the plane’s anti-stall system, a source familiar with the situation told CNBC. Boeing last month revealed faulty sensors on the aircraft were behind the fatal crash in March that reportedly killed everyone on board. But results from an early investigation into the incident uncovered “no evidence of any foreign object damage”, such as a bird strike, on the sensor, Ethiopian Airlines has said, according to CNBC.

Source: Ethiopian News May 21, 2019 23:48 UTC