The Ethiopian Transport Ministry’s interim report on the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 (ET302) focuses on the role played by a now-redesigned 737 MAX flight control law implicated in an earlier MAX accident as well as inadequate pilot training.
The ministry’s report recounts the failings in the MAX’s design, particularly its maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS) flight-control software that provides nose-down horizontal stabilizer input in certain flight profiles.
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