The MAX, which came into service two years ago, has a new automated system called MCAS (Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System). "Actually we know more about the MCAS system from the media than from Boeing." The 737 MAX simulator was not designed to replicate the MCAS system problems, it added. 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: bd News24 March 21, 2019 11:37 UTC