midnighter:
Some people here are doing exactly what Boeing wanted. Which is to blame the pilot for a glitch in their software that they refused to fix.

And because its a 3rd world african country, they will do their best to make Ethiopian Airlines look as _stupid as possible to shield themselves from the glare of popular media and save their skin.

As someone here said, we dont even have a national carrier, now we're saying rubbish about another country's pilot without any evidence

That he's young or whatever doesnt mean the stuff is his fault. He had thousands of miles' worth of experience

Just because this country wants people to be 65 years old before they have a decent job or assume a normal responsibility

Gerontocracy is bad

lefulefu:
Application of the simulator would have taught the pilots on how to handle the aircraft when the nose goes downwards. Maybe this can explain why this brand of aircraft is yet to crash in america and canada.

SuperIgbo1:


Maybe the pilot, truly had not been trained on how to use the simulator, prior to the time he flew the 727 Boeing.

lefulefu:
the late pilot's colleague has already said the late pilot was not trained in the new boeing 737 simulator. Yes he could be able to handle a boeing but would have being a little ignorant on how to handle an upgraded one due to the advanced gadgets in it. Its clear the plane crash was more of a human error than a mechanical one. Anyway i had believe what the late pilot's colleague will have to say cos he was the one who was working together with him.pilots make mistakes all the time and especially with airbuses a bit unfamiliar to them or if they are exhausted so why u yelling as if pilots dont make mistakes. Or are u a pilot urself?

lefulefu:
the late pilot's colleague has already said the late pilot was not trained in the new boeing 737 simulator. Yes he could be able to handle a boeing but would have being a little ignorant on how to handle an upgraded one due to the advanced gadgets in it. Its clear the plane crash was more of a human error than a mechanical one. Anyway i had believe what the late pilot's colleague will have to say cos he was the one who was working together with him.pilots make mistakes all the time and especially with airbuses a bit unfamiliar to them or if they are exhausted so why u yelling as if pilots dont make mistakes. Or are u a pilot urself?

lefulefu:
even if eithiopian airline is bad it is still far far far better and advanced than any airline company operating in nigeria. We dont want to be talking about all these dead flying jalopeys operating in nigeria that we call aircrafts.

Shelumiel:
You're just as stupid as your name .

ikombe:
Is like this people are mad. And they allowed an amateur to fly a plane meant for pros.

But i doubt if thats his first time flying that plane that has been in existence for over a year now

kaen1317:
Countries that don't have national carrier are not allowed to comment on this thread. Nigerias national carrier was on paper but now in dustbin. We should be commenting on road accidents only

Hezzyluv:
so sad 157 persons passed away due to negligence. I.e " Nothing dey happen" I thought carelessness was manufactured/customized in Nigeria

charliboy654:

You don't just have sense, it's almost impossible for new aircraft to crash, but when two new aircraft crash within six months, you don't need a prophet to tell you there's something wrong with the plane. When almost all country has grounded the plane Boeing would go to any length to protect their business, including blaming the dead pilot.

blackmann:


You call a faulty sensor flimsy? This sensor sent wrong data to the autopilot which put the plane in a dive. So long as it is wrong info, the plane will do exactly what it was programmed to do. Any pilot can pull a plane out of a dive. That's one of the first things they learn during flight school. The problem occurs when despite all efforts,the plane refuses to respond to your command because of the erroneous data being sent. It's a plane were talking about, not a car.

MyVILLAGEpeople:
Why will they allow that small boy to fly that big plane in the first place??

midnighter:


Lol, youre telling me

Well thats because of our bad character, not that we cant do as well as Ethiopia or maybe better, if we tried

Hezzyluv:
so sad 157 persons passed away due to negligence. I.e " Nothing dey happen" I thought carelessness was manufactured/customized in Nigeria

lefulefu:
it has more to do with the high endemic corruption and lack of good management practices in nigeria than bad character. Thats why no nigerian brand business enterprise hardly thrives.

salford:

its a combination of both. why should the plane itself be sending erroneous signal to the computer that the plane is stalling when it isn't.

iswallker:


Ethiopian will take the fall for this..

I thought something as flimsy as a sensor sending wrong signals and plane nosediving can't be an issue with a Boeing..all possible scenarios would have been tested and how to respond to them. Except you don't have the training.

martineverest:
all pilots complained about the systematic change in the brand of planes....it's not pilot error..the error is from Boeing

OkaNaUbe:

Oga, Boeing did not train pilots or give them heads up on what to do when that plane stalls. It is not about that pilot, Getachew.

lefulefu:
biko nigeria is in a special class of its own when it comes to carelessness and negligence.

Triniti:
you called him an amateur? With 8,000 flying hours? Do you know what it means to fly an airplane for 8000 hours? Maybe it’s the guys age deceiving you.

UncletC:

Always read before you comment..... the simulation sensor used by this Ethiopian airline was installed 2 months ago and you are talking of a year now..... once again, always read over lines

NigeriaDecides:
Guy. Can't you read and comprehend? He's not amateur but yet to be trained with simulator to fly the new MAX plane.

Bluffly:

He isn't an amateur. The problem was lack of full aquintance with the Max 8 that do nosedive in the attempt to balance. Even in the US, manuals have not been fully circulated. The Pilot has 8000 flying hours including Previous 737 before the max 8

charliboy654:

The pilot was not an amateur.

shukudi:

Who is the amateur?
Who are the pros?
Ur mumu wear fez cap.

Neoteny:


Not an amateur.

Boeing updated their attitude control system and did not update pilot manuals, and this pilot was not trained on the new system by the airline.

ikombe:


It's Like all this one who quoted me is mad


Someone who is not trained for an update on a plane, and is allowed to fly a plane which has an update already. Pls is that person not an amateur To the update

None of you should vex me oh