More than two dozen airlines around the world have grounded their fleets of Boeing 737 Max 8 jetliners after the second deadly crash of the type in less than five months. A number of countries have also banned the airplane from operating in their airspace as crash investigators work to determine what may have caused the nearly brand new Ethiopian Airlines jet to crash minutes after takeoff from Ethiopia’s Addis Ababa Airport on Sunday, killing all 157 people on board.
Countries Ban Boeing 737 Max 8 from their Airspace after Ethiopian Airlines Crash
Key Takeaways:
- Following a second deadly crash of a Boeing 737 Max 8 (Ethiopian Airlines) in less than five months, over two dozen airlines and several countries have grounded their fleets or banned the aircraft from their airspace.
- Investigators are focusing on the 737 Max 8’s Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), an anti-stall technology suspected in the earlier Lion Air crash due to faulty angle-of-attack readings.
- Boeing is developing a flight control software upgrade for the MCAS system, expected to be deployed in the coming weeks, while the U.S. FAA states it currently lacks sufficient evidence to ground the model.
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