Anti-stall system was 'in play' on Ethiopian's Boeing 737 Max Read moreA Boeing official in Seattle said on Wednesday that the timing of the software upgrade was “100% independent of the timing of the Ethiopian accident”, and the company was taking steps to make the anti-stall system “more robust”. The fix should be fully vetted and take into account any further information from an investigation into the Ethiopian Airlines crash, it said. The anti-stall system – known as MCAS, or Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System – had been pinpointed by investigators as a possible cause in the fatal crashes in both Indonesia and Ethiopia. Extra computer-based training is being planned for 737 pilots following criticism that the system was not described in the aircraft manual. Ethiopian officials and some analysts have said the Ethiopian Airlines jet behaved in a similar pattern before crashing shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa, but that investigation is still at an early stage.

Source: Ethiopian News March 28, 2019 11:28 UTC