Boeing admits to anti-stall system failure after Ethiopia crashpublished at 07:17 British Summer Time 5 April 2019
The chief executive of Boeing, Dennis Muilenburg, has acknowledged that a problem with the automated anti-stall system contributed to two fatal crashes of its 737 Max aircraft in the past five months.
But he said the 737 Max would be among the safest planes ever to fly when it returned to service after a software fix and revised pilot guidelines.
Earlier, delivering a preliminary report on last month's crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max, Ethiopia's transport minister said the plane's automated systems had forced it to nose dive despite the crew following recommended emergency procedures.
Flight ET302 crashed after take-off from Addis Ababa, killing 157 people.
Last October, Lion Air flight JT 610 crashed into the sea near Indonesia, killing all 189 people on board.