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B-737 MAX 8 accident: from Ethiopia announce "similarities" between the two air disasters

The US denies having validated and verified all the data of the black boxes

According to the press spokesman of the Ethiopian Transport Ministry Muse Yiheyis, in the analysis of data recorded by the black boxes of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing B-737 MAX 8 aircraft, "clear similarities" emerged with the accident of the same model used by Lion Air last October. In both cases the pilots reported problems immediately after take-off to the control tower asking to return to the...

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 03/18/2019 10:54
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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According to what was declared by the Federal Aviation Administration Boeing will soon issue a bulletin with which it permit to start the installation of the updated software for the B-737 MAX 8 and MAX... more

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