Investigators are trying to determine the cause of a deadly crash Sunday involving a new aircraft model touted for its environmentally friendly engine that is used by both Air Canada and WestJet.
Eighteen Canadians were among the 157 passengers and crew who died when an Ethiopian Airlines plane went down shortly after departing from Bole Airport in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa en route to Nairobi, Kenya.The aircraft was also involved in a Lion Air crash in October when a two-month-old plane plunged into the Java Sea minutes after taking off from Jakarta, Indonesia's capital, killing 189 people.
Indonesian investigators have not determined a cause for the October crash there, but days after the accident Boeing sent a notice to airlines that faulty information from a sensor could cause the plane to automatically point the nose down. The notice reminded pilots of the procedure for handling such a situation.
The selling feature of the 737 Max 8 is that it is similar to older models, so flight crews would not need a lot of retraining, Rosenberg said. When the plane senses an imminent stall it pushes the nose down, and most pilots would react by pulling back on the control yoke, he said. But on this model it doesn't stop the nose dive -- instead, two toggle switches on the centre console are the only way to override the system, Rosenberg said.
Safety experts cautioned against drawing too many comparisons between the two crashes until more is known about Sunday's disaster.
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