It's believed that investigators have confirmed the same malfunction that brought down the Lion Air flight last year, could also be responsible for that devastating Ethiopian Airlines crash. And we know that in the Lion Air crash, pilots fought this automated system shortly after take off for 12 minutes before losing the battle. Tom Haueter, former NTSB investigator said, "You need a system that provides additional protections provides additional information so that these two accidents don't happen again." That software update is still awaiting FAA approval. And as the company waits coming as hundreds of 737 Max's throughout the world are grounded costing millions of dollars each day.

Source: Ethiopian News March 29, 2019 19:41 UTC