A Boeing 737 MAX crash that killed 156 people was caused, at least in part, by the company refusing to pass on safety information to its operator, aviation experts have revealed. The 2019 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash killed all passengers on board when the MAX 8 nose-dived into a field just south of the capital, Addis Ababa, and came just months after another plane in Indonesia had crashed almost identically. Now experts say that Boeing’s refusal to provide Ethiopian Airlines pilots with the same safety information shared with U.S. airlines “most likely” contributed to crash. Boeing initially suggested that the Ethiopian crash was due to pilot error–making the finding the latest blow to its battered reputation. Boeing declined to answer the Ethiopian Airlines pilot’s queries, aside from pointing him to a public document published after the Indonesian flight’s catastrophic accident, despite providing detailed briefings to pilots in the U.S. asking the same questions.

Source: Ethiopian News October 09, 2024 17:11 UTC