The same system that malfunctioned for the Lion Air jet was activated during the Ethiopian Airlines crash. A missing key piece of equipment might explain why.
The details about the sensor, which haven't previously been reported, indicate a scenario similar to the one on the final flight of a Lion Air jet that crashed on October 29 off the coast of Indonesia.
Pilots can overcome MCAS in the short run by hitting switches on their control column that control a plane's trim to raise its nose. Activating those switches temporarily disables MCAS, though only for a few seconds at a time. A spokesman for Ethiopian Air, Transport Minister Dagmawit Moges and Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority Director General Wosenyeleh Hunegnaw didn't respond to messages seeking comment on the angle of attack sensor.
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