NEW: Boeing anti-stall software on a doomed Ethiopian Airlines jet reportedly re-engaged as many as four times after the crew initially turned it off.
Boeing anti-stall software on a doomed Ethiopian Airlines jet re-engaged as many as four times after the crew initially turned it off due to suspect data from an airflow sensor, two people familiar with the matter said.
READ MORE: Whistleblowers claim aviation inspectors who evaluated Boeing 737 MAX were poorly trained Boeing‘s anti-stall software known as MCAS is at the centre of investigations into both the Ethiopian Airlines crash last month and a Lion Air accident in Indonesia in October that together killed nearly 350 people.
A directive issued after the Indonesian crash instructed pilots to use cut-out switches to disengage the system in the event of problems and leave it switched off.
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