But when an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing Co. 737 crashed near Addis Ababa last month, a curious thing happened: Industry experts immediately began to question the safety not of the carrier, but the plane itself. The fleet is dominated by new aircraft models including the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and Airbus SE A350 wide-bodies, as well as 737s. And alongside the hub strategy, the carrier has tapped into Ethiopia’s booming flower industry, exporting stems to mainly European countries. The crash that killed all 157 on board “is a really sad story, you can’t forget, but it’s not our mistake. Missing 737 Sensor Said to Be a Focus of Ethiopian Crash ProbeFounded in 1945, Ethiopian successfully resisted state pressure to switch allegiance from Boeing to Russia’s Ilyushin aircraft during Marxist rule.

Source: Ethiopian News April 03, 2019 17:49 UTC