It has not said 737 pilots should train on one of the new simulators to fly a 737 MAX, which has larger engines mounted slightly more forward than the previous model. The 737 MAX simulator was not designed to replicate the MCAS system problems, it added. Miami has had a 737 MAX simulator since 2017. In the Ethiopian crash, it was not clear if Yared’s colleague - First Officer Ahmednur Mohammed, 25, who also died in the crash - had used the new simulator. The world’s largest 737 operator, Southwest Airlines Co, will not have its first MAX simulator ready for use until October, its pilot union said on Wednesday.

Source: Ethiopian News March 21, 2019 09:55 UTC