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View all search resultsThe Indonesian Embassy in Washington urges the bereaved families of those who perished on board the Lion Air Boeing 737-8 MAX aircraft that crashed last year, to get in touch with its officials, following confirmation that Boeing will provide compensation to the tune of US$50 million.
Paul Njoroge, whose wife, three children and mother-in-law died in the March 10 Ethiopian Airlines disaster, testified before the US House Transportation and Infrastructure Aviation Subcommittee during a hearing on the state of aviation safety.
The issue, which surfaced during FAA simulator testing, concerns the ability of pilots to quickly reassert control of the plane if an automated flight handling system pushes the plane downward, said a person familiar with the matter.
Boeing said that management was unaware of the issue until the crash in Indonesia, which killed 189 people, and the planes were not grounded until after another of the type operated by Ethiopian Airlines went down several months later, leaving a further 157 people dead.
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