Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302, a Boeing 737 MAX, crashed within six minutes of takeoff from Addis Ababa on March 10, killing all 157 people on board. Shortly after lifting off, the pilots reported a “flight-control problem” as the aircraft’s nose began to pitch down. Investigators believe an automated flight-control feature, the same system implicated in a Lion Air crash less than five months prior, activated and overwhelmed the flight crew. The catastrophic failure occurred despite perfect flight conditions and was so severe that the aircraft bored a crater into the ground upon impact. This incident deepened the crisis for Boeing, prompting investigations into whether the company provided misleading information to regulators about the 737 MAX’s safety.
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Originally published by Matina Stevis-Gridneff & Yonathan Menkir Kassa | Mar 29, 2019 | The Wall Street Journal
