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Ethiopia Airways Boeing crash: When technology is the enemy

The nose and engine of a crashed plane. Flight data recovered from the Indonesia crash, for example, indicated pilots repeatedly tried to get the plane's nose up before impact.  [Courtesy]

Just hours after an Ethiopian Airlines flight of model, 737 MAX 8 crashed killing all 157 people on board, airlines in a number of countries suspended the use of the aircraft over concerns about its safety.

Flight ET302 crashed Sunday 10March 2019 on its way to Nairobi minutes after it had taken off from Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. Pilots reported a technical problem then made a request to turn back to the airport shortly before the deadly clatter.

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