Image Source : AP Boeing 737 Max 8The two crashes involving the same Boeing 737 Max model in a span of five months revealed some problems with the industry regulation as well as pilot training, according to an aviation expert. "I believe this is the fundamental root cause of these accidents -- inadequate regulation and oversight to counter financial incentives (of the airline industry)," Douglas Moss, an aviation safety and security expert at University of South California, told Xinhua news agency on Thursday. An Ethiopian Airlines Flight crashed on March 10, killing 189 people onboard. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is mandated to guarantee airline safety via a certification process. "The 737 MAX pilots at American Airlines were given only a 56-minute iPad presentation to convey all the differences between the 737 MAX and its cousins," he said.

Source: Ethiopian News March 22, 2019 03:22 UTC