The two pilots of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed last month had just 159 hours of flying time on the Boeing 737 Max between them. The captain flew more than 1,400 hours on 737s, but just 103 hours on the Max, of which Ethiopian Airlines had just five, including the one that crashed on March 10. Investigators are looking into whether MCAS contributed to the Ethiopian Airlines crash as well as a Lion Air jet crash off of Indonesia in October. The complaint, which also names Ethiopian Airlines and parts maker Rosemount Aerospace as defendants, is alleging negligence and civil conspiracy among other charges. The report, based on flight data and cockpit voice recorders on the Boeing 737 Max 8, was not released in full.

Source: Ethiopian News April 04, 2019 17:03 UTC