The pilots of the Ethiopian that crashed on March 10, killing all 189 people on board, used a flight simulator to learn how to fly the 737 Max 8 plane, the toldThis was the second disaster involving a new 737 Max 8 plane in the span of five months when in a flight plunged into the Sea last October, killing 157 persons. The crashes have led to authorities around the world to ground the 737 Max. Ethiopian Tewolde GebreMariam told on Saturday that the simulator the pilots trained on cannot replicate the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), a new automated feature on the 737 Max 8 planes that crash investigators are scrutinising. In the wake of the fatal crashes, some pilots are demanding additional training on the 737 Max series aircraft, in the form of both ground school and flight simulator time. He added that it was still waiting for Boeing to come up with a for the 737 Max.

Source: Ethiopian News March 24, 2019 03:45 UTC