ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The warning and training requirements set for the now-grounded 737 MAX 8 aircraft may not have been adequate, in light of the Ethiopian plane crash that killed 157 people, the chief of Ethiopian Airlines said Saturday. Ethiopian Airlines insists the carrier’s pilots went through all the extra training required by Boeing and the FAA to fly the 737 MAX 8 jet. READ MORE: Report says FAA overlooked warnings on Boeing 737 MAX 8Gebremariam said earlier in the week that the training was meant to help crews shift from an older model of the 737 to the MAX 8, which entered airline service in 2017. Ethiopian Airlines has said there is a “clear similarity” between the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes, citing preliminary information from the flight data recorder. Gebremariam, the Ethiopian Airlines CEO, said Saturday that “it wouldn’t have made any difference”as the 737 MAX simulator isn’t designed to imitate problems in the new jet’s flight-control software.

Source: Ethiopian News March 23, 2019 22:52 UTC