ADDIS ABABA (REUTERS) - Ethiopian Airlines flew passengers on a Boeing 737 Max plane on Tuesday (Feb 1), but opinions are divided on its first flight using the model since a crash nearly three years ago forced regulators to ground the fleet globally. In March 2019, a flight to Nairobi crashed in a field six minutes after take-off from Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa killing all 157 passengers and crew. Some relatives of those killed in the Ethiopian Airlines crash were angered by the decision to resume flying the 737 Max. A lawyer for victims of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 accused the airline of having failed families on many fronts. He added that the status of the airline's own investigation into the crash "remains unknown" after nearly three years.

Source: Ethiopian News February 01, 2022 23:18 UTC