He claimed that the FAA was ‘directly involved’ in approving the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) that is implicated in the Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 aviation disasters. Elwell was either unable or unwilling to describe any meaningful improvements the FAA is making to its certification processes and oversight. That is why it is so awful to hear Mr. Elwell blame the pilots for the accidents. Modern aviation safety systems are designed to prevent pilot error from causing the loss of an airplane. Boeing 737-8 MAX fatal crashes in Ethiopia and previously in Indonesia have claimed 346 lives and led to the world-wide grounding of the fleet.

Source: Ethiopian News May 16, 2019 01:52 UTC