Ethiopia Sends Boeing Black Boxes Abroad, Norway Airline Seeks Compensation
By Staff, Agencies
Ethiopian Airlines said on Wednesday it would send the black boxes from its crashed Boeing 737 MAX abroad for expert analysis, and a Norwegian airline sought compensation after it grounded its models in the wake of the disaster.
Meanwhile, two-thirds of the 737 MAX aircraft have been grounded globally, and Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam told the BBC the world’s biggest plane-maker should ground all such craft until their safety is established.
Sunday’s still unexplained crash of the passenger jet, just after take-off from Addis Ababa en route to Nairobi, killed 157 people and followed another disaster involving a 737 MAX in Indonesia five months ago that killed 189 people.
The investigation may focus on an automated anti-stall system that dips the nose down.
The twin crashes have spooked the airline industry and heaped pressure on Boeing, whose shares have plunged.
Multiple nations, including the European Union, have suspended the 737 MAX, leading to the grounding of about two-thirds of the 371 jets of that make in operation around the world, according to Reuters calculations.
Boeing has nearly 5,000 more on order.
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