A preliminary report into the crash of a 737 MAX 8 in which 157 people died will be likely issued this week, the said Monday. The airplane, operated by Ethiopian Airlines, was the same model than the Indonesian plane which crashed in October, killing 189 people on board. Boeing designed the automated MCAS system -- which lowers the aircraft's nose if it detects a stall or loss of airspeed -- for this particular model. The same system was implicated in the October crash, with initial investigations finding that a sensor on the plane had transmitted incorrect information to the MCAS system. The pilot had tried repeatedly to regain control and pull the nose up, but the plane crashed into the sea.

Source: Ethiopian News April 01, 2019 14:37 UTC