The NTSB and FAA are among the agencies involved because the plane was made by Boeing, a U.S. manufacturer.
By Faiz Siddiqui Faiz Siddiqui Local reporter covering the D.C. Metro, Uber and Lyft, and transit-oriented tech start-ups Email Bio Follow March 10 at 12:20 PM U.S. air safety officials are assisting in the investigation into the crash of a Ethiopian Airlines plane bound for Nairobi that crashed Sunday, killing all 157 people on board, including eight Americans.
Although it was too soon to determine the exact cause of the Ethiopian Air crash, the plane, which was brand-new, showed a similar flight path to the one in the Indonesia crash. Officials said the “angle of attack” sensor was the component involved in the Lion Air crash, causing the plane to dip whenever pilots attempted to adjust the plane’s pitch. The sensor repeatedly read that the plane was too high, even when it wasn’t, and sent it plummeting during repeated attempts to correct its course. The aircraft eventually crashed into the Java Sea. Preliminary data showed the Ethiopian Airlines flight following a similar flight path.
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