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• The replacement of the AOA sensor on the left-hand side of the craft had been an essential measure to address concerns with erroneous readings recorded on three previous flights the plane had taken. According to the Aircraft Flight and Maintenance log, flights from Tianjin Binhai to Manado, Denpasar to Manado and Manado to Denpasar had all reported...
• Following the preliminary report, the Ethiopian Transport Minister, Dagmawit Moges, stated that there was a ‘clear similarity with the Lion Air Crash’ however she confirmed that on this occasion the ‘crew performed all procedures as outlined
• Relative new Boeing 737 Max 8 Erroneous AOA readings Activation of MCAS Experienced flight crews Intermittent rising and falling Previous erratic airspeed readings High impact collisions shortly after take off Fine weather conditions
• Throughout the 1990s and 2000s a global boom in the aviation industry had meant that shares in Boeing had risen to great heights. The only real competitor to the organisation was Europe’s Airbus.
• Boeings trusted and most purchased model, the Boeing 737, was it’s ‘workhorse’ and similar to its Airbus rival the A320, it had been upgraded on numerous occasions to increase capacity, fuel efficiency and reduce operating costs.