Ethiopian Airlines Pilots Used Flight Simulator

Addis Ababa: The pilots of the Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 that crashed on March 10, killing all 189 people on board, used a flight simulator to learn how to fly the Boeing 737 Max 8 plane, the flag carrier told CNN. This was the second disaster involving a new 737 Max 8 plane in the span of five months when in a Lion Air flight plunged into the Java Sea last October, killing 157 persons. The crashes have led to aviation authorities around the world to ground the 737 Max.

Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde GebreMariam told CNN on Saturday that the simulator the pilots trained on cannot replicate the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), a new automated feature on the 737 Max 8 planes that crash investigators are scrutinising. (IANS)

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