Boeing dismissed chance of 'bird strike' that may have caused second 737 Max crashBoeing officials, shortly after the first fatal crash of its 737 Max jet, played down the likelihood that a bird strike could impair the plane’s sensor equipment. Boeing completes software update on 737 Max planes Read moreAccording to the Wall Street Journal, US aviation authorities believe a bird collision may have set off the sequence of events that led to the downing of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max in March, in which 157 people died. American Airlines pilots called a meeting with Boeing last November after a Lion Air Max crashed in Indonesia, killing all 189 passengers and crew. The Journal reviewed a recording of the meeting in which Mike Sinnett, Boeing’s vice-president of product strategy, raised and dismissed the possibility that a bird strike could trigger a second crash by affecting the Max’s controversial sensor system. The Mcas system may have been reacting to faulty information from sensors that could have been damaged by a bird strike.

Source: Ethiopian News May 21, 2019 15:22 UTC