For the second time in five months, a virtually new Boeing 737 MAX airliner has crashed within minutes of taking off
FOR THE second time in five months, a virtually new Boeing 737 MAX airliner has crashed within minutes of taking off, killing all 149 passengers and eight crew aboard. On March 10th Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 departed from Addis Ababa, the carrier’s home airport, for what should have been a routine two-hour flight to Nairobi, Kenya’s capital. It fell out of the sky just six minutes later.
Speculating about the cause of the crash is futile at this early stage. But the similarities to the loss of Lion Air Flight 610 in the Java Sea last October are alarming. Both incidents involved brand-new 737 MAX 8 jets delivered straight from Boeing less than four months previously. Both occurred in generally clear weather conditions. And both were so catastrophic as to bring down the jets within minutes of takeoff, not giving their pilots time to return to their departure airports .
Last week relatives of some of the victims of the Lion Air crash filed a lawsuit against Boeing, blaming the company for its installation of a new flight-control system that automatically pitches the MAX’s nose down when an on-board computer perceives a risk of stalling. They believe the system is vulnerable to faulty sensor readings and could sow confusion in the cockpit, making an accident more likely.
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Southwest says it remains 'confident' in its fleet of Boeing planes after Ethiopia crashSouthwest Airlines Co. expressed confidence in its Boeing Co. aircraft and said has no plans to change operations in the wake of a deadly crash involving a 737 Max 8 aircraft in Ethiopia. But shares of the airline fell over 3% in premarket trading, alongside a nearly 9% drop in Boeing shares. "As Southwest operates a fleet of 34 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft, we have been in contact with Boeing and will continue to stay close to the investigation as it progresses," said a spokesman for the company. Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed shortly after takeoff from the capitol of Addis Ababa, killing all 157 people on board. It's the second deadly accident involving Boeing's popular 737 Max 8 in six months, with the last occurring in October when an Indonesia Lion Air jet crashed into the sea, killing all 189 on board. China's civilian aviation authority has ordered all airlines to ground those Max 8 planes, while Ethiopian Airlines has grounded its entire fleet of those planes. "We don't have any changes planned to our operational policies or procedures," said the Southwest spokesman. Losses for Boeing drove a 170-point drop in Dow futures.
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