Boeing has said it will cut production of the 737 Max aircraft after it was banned by most countries in the world due to the accident. Boeing will cut 737max production in the next few weeks, from 52 at present to 42 a month, about 20%, chief executive Dennis muilenburg said Friday. Boeing plans to speed up production in June, adding 57 aircraft a month, ahead of the crash. After the announcement of the news, Boeing's share price fell rapidly after the close of 1.8%. So, what is the cause of the Boeing 737 accident?
Milenberg said that the accident of lion air in Indonesia last October was similar to the accident disaster of air Egypt in March, and that the activation of the automatic stall system (MCAS) error was' a common link between the two '. He also said Boeing would continue to make progress on the 737 MAX software update to prevent 'similar incidents from happening again. '
According to Reuters, citing people familiar with the matter, Boeing now faces logistical problems. Because the aircraft can't be sold, Boeing needs to find more places to store the 737 Max aircraft already produced and bear all the site maintenance costs.
In addition, Robert & middot; samwalter, chairman of the National Transportation Security Council (NTSB), told reporters that the preliminary report on the Ethiopian Airlines crash was' very thorough and well done '.
No one survived the plane accident. There are Chinese citizens on board
At 8:38 a.m. on March 10, local time, et 302 of air Egypt took off from Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa to Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. But six minutes later, the plane crashed near bishoftu, 62 kilometers southeast of Addis Ababa. The latest news shows that all 157 people on board have been killed, and there are Chinese citizens on board.
On the morning of the same day, the office of the Prime Minister of Ethiopia confirmed the accident, but did not disclose the casualties. "I would like to express my deepest condolences to the families who lost their loved ones in the accident of Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737," Abby said on social media 'twitter. '
In a statement released later, the airline's official website said that there were 149 passengers and 8 crew members on the flight, and the company is still confirming passenger details. Air Egypt is establishing a passenger information center to provide relevant information to the family or friends of passengers through the company's official website.
At present, search and rescue operations are still in progress. Foreign media reported that all the people on board were killed. CCTV reporters confirmed ahead that there were Chinese citizens on the flight.
A spokesman for Ethiopian Airlines said all passengers and crew members on its flight et302 were killed in the crash, which involved 33 countries. The picture shows the families of the passengers waiting for the message.
Coincidence? Two major accidents have occurred in the same model
According to a statement released on the official website of air Egypt, the type of et302 is 737 Max 8. At the same time, the plane was brand-new and was delivered to airchina in November 2018. The aircraft was only four months old, making people speculate about the cause of the accident.
In fact, this is not the first major accident of the aircraft. On October 29, 2018, an Indonesian lion Air Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft carrying 189 passengers and crew members lost contact 13 minutes after takeoff, and was confirmed to have crashed in the sea area near West Java, killing all the people on board.
After the crash, the FAA announced that it would review Boeing's previous safety analysis of the plane. Bloomberg reported in November 2018 that the flight monitoring system is defective. Indonesia's official preliminary investigation report also shows that there is a problem with the flight data sensor, which may feed back wrong data, causing the captain to lose control of the aircraft.
In November 2018, Boeing released a safety update to pilots of 737 Max 8 aircraft, warning that a sensor failure may cause the aircraft to drop sharply.
Despite the shortcomings, 737 Max is still a popular choice for airlines. Elmar giemulla, a German aviation and transport legal expert, said in November 2018 that there are about 200 Boeing airliners around the world that are facing similar risk of fatal failure and are still in use as airliners.