Boeing has moved to ground its entire global 737 MAX aircraft fleet after an Ethiopian Airline crash killed 157 people. Pilots of the Boeing 737 MAX plane that crashed in Ethiopia last month initially followed the jet-maker’s emergency instructions but still could not regain control of the plane, it has been revealed. A flight control system on the MAX aircraft, called MCAS, has been a focus of investigators as they work to determine what caused the Ethiopian Airlines plane to crash within minutes of takeoff, killing all 157 people on board. The Wall Street Journal reported pilots on the doomed plane took the recommended action of turning off the flight control system after a sudden downturn of the nose of the plane, according to black boxes recovered from the crash site. Ethiopian authorities were expected to deliver their preliminary report today.

Source: Ethiopian News April 03, 2019 21:22 UTC