US National Transportation Safety Board He said he concluded that the poor sensor reading was caused by a collision with an object, most likely a bird.
The Ethiopian Aviation Authority had declared that the readings he had given were false sensorwhich measures the direction of the aircraft’s nose, was caused by electrical problems that had existed since the aircraft was built.
Both sides, the American and Ethiopian, agree that it was the sensor readings that prompted a new automatic flight control system on the “Model” model.Maxto turn the nose of the plane down, and the pilots were unable to regain control.
The accident killed all 157 people on board, and occurred less than five months after 189 people were killed in a Max plane crash, also, in Indonesia.
The National Transportation Safety Board published its new comments Tuesday, three weeks after its initial criticism of Ethiopia’s findings on the cause of the crash, which led to the suspension of all Max planes around the world for about two years.
Boeing will appear Thursday in federal court in Texas on charges of defrauding the United States.
Relatives of some of the crash victims are expected to speak.
The families of the victims are pressing the Ministry of Justice to reopen a settlement file to which they agreed Boeing to pay $2.5 billion in exchange for not facing criminal prosecution over the way it obtained regulatory approval for the plane.
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US National Transportation Safety Board He said he concluded that the poor sensor reading was caused by a collision with an object, most likely a bird.
The Ethiopian Aviation Authority had declared that the readings he had given were false sensorwhich measures the direction of the aircraft’s nose, was caused by electrical problems that had existed since the aircraft was built.
Both sides, the American and Ethiopian, agree that it was the sensor readings that prompted a new automatic flight control system on the “Model” model.Maxto turn the nose of the plane down, and the pilots were unable to regain control.
The accident killed all 157 people on board, and occurred less than five months after 189 people were killed in a Max plane crash, also, in Indonesia.
The National Transportation Safety Board published its new comments Tuesday, three weeks after its initial criticism of Ethiopia’s findings on the cause of the crash, which led to the suspension of all Max planes around the world for about two years.
Boeing will appear Thursday in federal court in Texas on charges of defrauding the United States.
Relatives of some of the crash victims are expected to speak.
The families of the victims are pressing the Ministry of Justice to reopen a settlement file to which they agreed Boeing to pay $2.5 billion in exchange for not facing criminal prosecution over the way it obtained regulatory approval for the plane.
