Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. crash investigators say Ethiopian authorities failed to consider all factors that contributed to a deadly 2019 crash after a key flight-control system malfunctioned on a Boeing 737 Max airplane. The U.S. board said Ethiopian Airlines failed to train pilots how to respond when the nose of the plane pitches down unexpectedly. It was the second involving a Boeing Max in less than five months and led to a worldwide grounding of all Max jets for nearly two years. Ethiopia’s accident-investigation agency released a long-overdue report last week, blaming the crash entirely on a malfunction of an automated flight-control system that was previously pinpointed in both Max crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia. After the crashes, Boeing overhauled the system, which repeatedly pushed the noses of the planes down based on faulty sensor readings.

Source: Ethiopian News December 29, 2022 03:17 UTC