The Ethiopian plane crash has shattered more than two years of relative calm in African skies, where travel had long been chaotic.
It was not clear what caused the Ethiopian Airlines plane to go down in clear weather six minutes after departing Bole Airport in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa on its way to Nairobi, the capital of neighbouring Kenya.
It was also a serious blow to state-owned Ethiopian Airlines, which has expanded to become the continent’s largest and best-managed carrier and turned Addis Ababa into the gateway to Africa.
However it has emerged that a letter had been sent to the state airlines protesting the use of the Boeing 737 MAX.
In the letter, the sender who claims to be an enthusiast and long time customer says that latest reports had indicated that the new anti stalling system on board the 737 max on the lion air might have been the reason that caused the accident. In relation, the concerned citizen was saying that the Ethiopian airlines needed to review its products.
devastating news… That’s the mail I sent to ethiopian airlines 2 months ago regarding the 737 max. Never got a response. #EthiopianAirlines #ET302 pic.twitter.com/hwNXZl0zWU— a (@advmtw) March 10, 2019
The user hower says they got no response.
The Ethiopian airlines went down in a remote district in Ethiopia with 157 people on board and killing all.