Ethiopia Airways Boeing crash: When technology is the enemyThe nose and engine of a crashed plane. "Given in both air crashes, the aircrafts were newly delivered Boeing 737 MAX 8, and both accidents occurred during the take-off, they share certain similarities," the Chinese administration said in a statement. In October last year, a Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX 8 flight went down over the Java Sea killing all 189 people on board. The captain said part of the plane's flight system was "not described in our Flight Manual." Professional aviators who operated Boeing 737 MAX 8, and logged from April 2018 to December 2018 filed at least 11 reports concerning 'erroneous' automation responses.

Source: Standard Digital March 14, 2019 12:54 UTC