After the accident in Ethiopia, Boeing will update the aircraft operating software 737 MAX 8 and many airlines will stop flying it – 03/12/2019

Boeing announced Tuesday that it will update the operating program for its entire 737 MAX 8 fleet, your best-selling plane and protagonist of the plane crash in Ethiopia that killed 157 people.

The reaction comes shortly after US regulators ordered the company to make "urgent improvements". More airlines decide to stop piloting this model.

The Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashed this Sunday during a trip to Nairobi, Kenya.

The US Federal Aviation Administration said it was working with local authorities and the National Transportation Safety Board and could "soon" share information.

"If we identify a problem that affects security, we will take immediate and appropriate action," he said in a statement. And he asked Boeing to make improvements to the control and maneuvering system, with a strict deadline: end of April.

This Tuesday, the firm warned that she was going to update the software.

Investigators found the recordings of the black boxes of the aircraft, fallen near Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, only 6 minutes after take-off, after the pilot reported that he had " difficulties in communicating with the controllers.

There were pbadengers and crew members from 35 countries, including 21 UN officials. They are all dead.

The plane was the same model as the Lion Air aircraft that crashed on October 29 on the Indonesian coast, with a deadly 189 people.

Since the 1970s, when the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 had successive accidents, no new model has been involved in 2 fatal incidents over such a short period.

The FAA stated that the investigation "had just begun" and that no data had been provided to "draw conclusions".

The more they go down

On Tuesday, the United Kingdom, Australia, Singapore, Oman and Malaysia joined the countries that suspended the operations of the 737 MAX 8.

This measure had already been taken by China, Ethiopia, South Africa, Indonesia, South Korea, Brazil, Mexico and Argentina, where airline pilots refused to continue using the model until they receive "sufficient information and guarantees from the absence of risk" and the company announced to Clarin who agreed to leave the 5 that he has on the ground.

During, Boeing shares fell more than 12% at Monday's opening on Wall Street, although he recovers later half of the loss.

The company has sent a technical team to the accident site and will work with the Ethiopian and US regulators to determine the cause.

The plane that crashed on Sunday was less than 4 months old. Ethiopian Airlines, which paralyzed its fleet of 6 other identical aircraft, announced its delivery on November 15.

Beijing has asked Chinese airlines to suspend 737 MAX 8 flights: they will not operate until US authorities and Boeing confirm "the measures taken to effectively guarantee security", according to the terms of the Administration of the Civil aviation of the Asian country. Among the Ethiopian pbadengers, there were 8 Chinese.

However, there are other companies that do not cancel the flights of this modelamong which flydubai, Turkish Airlines and Russia S7.

Canadian authorities have badured that they will not prohibit the use of aircraft for domestic flights.

According to Flightglobal, nearly 50% of the 371 Boeing 737 Max aircraft worldwide have been shut down.

According to Boeing, the MAX Series has been the best-selling device with more than 5,000 orders from around 100 customers.

Facts about the tragedy

The Ethiopian Airlines plane fell on a field near the town of Tulu Fara, about 60 kilometers east of Addis Ababa.

According to a witness, Tegegn Dechasa, the back of the aircraft "it was on fire when he crashed. "The Boeing (which was maintained on February 4) left an impressive crater in the ground.

The airline said the pilot was allowed to turn around after mentioning problems shortly before disappearing from the radar.

Kenya, the fate of the fatal flight, suffered a double duelit is the most affected country (32 of its citizens were on board) and its capital, Nairobi, is the regional headquarters of the United Nations, very affected by the disaster.

Monday, the annual conference of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) was open, to which several pbadengers of the plane had crashed.

Source: AFP and File Clarín. AEZ