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A Boeing 737 MAX crash which killed 156 people was caused, at least in part, by the company refusing to pass on safety information to its operator, aviation experts have revealed.
The 2019 Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crash killed all passengers on board when the MAX-8 nose-dived into a field just south of the capital, Addis Ababa, and came just months after another plane in Indonesia had crashed almost identically.
Now experts say that Boeing’s refusal to provide Ethiopian Airlines pilots with the same safety information shared with U.S. airlines “most likely” contributed to crash. Boeing initially suggested that the Ethiopian crash was due to pilot error–making the finding the latest blow to its battered reputation.
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