Boeing 737 MAX 8 crash, Mar 10, 2019 (157 killed), Debre...
Boeing 737 MAX 8 accident on March 10, 2019 near Debre Zeit (Bishoftu), Oromia, Ethiopia with 157 fatalities. Cause: Repeated uncommanded nose down...
- Date: March 10, 2019
- Aircraft: Boeing 737 MAX 8
- Location: Debre Zeit (Bishoftu), Oromia, Ethiopia
- Fatalities: 157
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Repeated uncommanded nose down MCAS inputs from erroneous angle of attack data that the crew could not recover from.
Ethiopian Airlines flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX 8, crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa on a flight to Nairobi, killing all 157 people on board. The Ethiopian final report found repeated uncommanded nose down inputs from MCAS triggered by erroneous angle of attack data. The NTSB and BEA also commented on crew performance.