But Boeing chose not to answer the Ethiopian pilot’s questions beyond referring him to a public document it had already issued after the Lion Air crash. Three months after the request by Ethiopian Airlines, one of its 737 Max’s nosedived into the ground after takeoff from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital, killing all 157 people on board. Despite the constraints Boeing described in the response to the Ethiopian chief pilot, Boeing officials discussed numerous details of the Lion Air crash. Naoise Connolly Ryan, who lives in Ireland with her two young children, lost her husband, Mick Ryan, in the Ethiopian crash. Ryan criticized Boeing for holding back safety information from airlines, calling it criminal and suggesting it could have prevented the Ethiopian crash.

Source: Ethiopian News October 09, 2024 20:19 UTC