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Airlines in Ethiopia, China, Indonesia and elsewhere stopped the Boeing 737 Max 8 on Monday after the second devastating crash of one of the aircraft in five months. (March 11)
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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump spoke on Tuesday of the crash of a new Boeing jet model, saying that "planes are becoming much more complex to fly" and are at risk of "crashing". to be too exposed to accidents.

In a tweet two days after the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft manufactured by Boeing, the second accident of this type in five months, Trump tweeted that "pilots are no longer needed, but rather computer scientists of MIT ", and builders" are always looking to go a step further, when often old and simple is much better. "

Without proposing an alternative, Trump asserted that "complexity creates a danger" and added, "I do not know about you, but I do not want Albert Einstein to be my pilot. Aeronautical professionals who are allowed to easily and quickly take control of an aircraft! "

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The cause of the crash of Ethiopian Airlines, which claimed 157 passengers on Sunday, remains to be determined.

More than two dozen airlines around the world have stopped planes.

Accident investigators in Ethiopia and Indonesia study two fatalities in five months with a new version of the Boeing 737, the Max 8.

The engine design prompted Boeing to modify the aircraft's behavioral software, which is supposed to exacerbate a dive if the pilots are not familiar with the change.

Boeing issued additional instructions to deal with the change after the crash in Indonesia and repeated the warning after the crash of Ethiopia on Sunday.

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Although the causes of both accidents remain under investigation, several countries have put the 737 Max 8 on the ground, but not the United States.

Trump's comments come shortly after the UK became the last country in the world to put the Boeing 737 MAX 8, the US company's best-selling model, on the ground.

Trump's analysis of aircraft problems has ridiculed his critics.

"It's hard to believe that this guy has bankrupted an airline," tweeted Cody Keenan, speechwriter for President Barack Obama.

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