Report: Pilots in doomed plane followed emergency steps
Posted April 3, 2019 12:35 pm.
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Pilots of an airliner that crashed last month in Ethiopia initially followed Boeing’s emergency steps for dealing with a sudden downturn of the nose of their plane but could not regain control, according to a published report.
The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that pilots of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max turned off a flight-control system but still couldn’t get the plane to climb. They turned the system back on and tried other actions before the plane crashed, the paper said, citing anonymous sources.
In a statement, Boeing urged against speculating before the preliminary report and flight data from the plane are released.
The Journal says the pilots’ actions are still being evaluated by investigators but could raise questions about past assertions from Boeing and U.S. regulators on how to disengage the anti-stall system.
The Associated Press
