The officials probing the crash report that the preliminary findings suggest similarities between the Ethiopian crash, which killed 157 people on takeoff from Addis Ababa, and the crash of Lion Air in Indonesia, also on takeoff, that killed 189 people six months ago. Investigators with the U.S. National Transportation and Safety Board look over debris at the crash site of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on March 12, 2019, in Bishoftu, Ethiopia. (Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images)In the Lion Air crash, the new stall-prevention system, based on erroneous sensor information, repeatedly pushed the plane’s nose down, according to the preliminary report. In addition, Boeing said the system will rely on data from the two angle of attack sensors, not just one. It alleges that Boeing had defectively designed the automated flight control system.

Source: Ethiopian News March 29, 2019 13:18 UTC