Investigators find “similarities” between Ethiopian and Lion Air crashes.
Anna Cardovillis, Kara fox and Dakin Andone
Preliminary data recovered from the black boxes of the last week Ethiopian Airlines crash has revealed “similarities” to October’s fatal Lion Air crash.
Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crashed March 10, six minutes after takeoff, killing all 157 people on board. It was the second disaster involving a new Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft in less than six months. In October, all 189 people on board Lion Air Flight were killed in Indonesia, 13 minutes after takeoff. Similarities between the two incidents led aviation authorities around the world to ban the use of 737 Max 8s. Investigators suspect the Lion Air crash may have been caused by an angle of attack sensor on the outside of the plane that transmitted incorrect data, which could have triggered the automated flight software that forced the plane’s nose down. The pilots first manually corrected an automatic aircraft nose down two minutes after takeoff and performed the same procedure again and again before the plane hurtled into the Java Sea.
Adapted from http://wwww.slashgear.com
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