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Peter Ehrler: Boeing cannot pretend this didn't happen

Peter Ehrler Air Traffic Controller NZ Foreign investigators examine wreckage at the scene where the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed shortly after takeoff

Absturzstelle in Äthiopien: Wie sicher ist das neue Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) von Boeing? Source: APP

Australia and many other countries around the world have grounded the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft, following the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jet shortly after takeoff in Addis Ababa, killing 157 people. SBS German asked Swiss aviation expert Peter Ehrler to share his views on the second fatal crash of a 737 Max 8 in less than five months.


Peter Ehrler Air Traffic Controller NZ Foreign investigators examine wreckage at the scene where the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed shortly after takeoff
Peter Ehrler war fast 40 Jahre lang als Fluglotse im Tower des Flughafens Zürich-Kloten tätig. Heute wohnt er wieder in seinem Geburtsland Neuseeland, wohin seine Eltern aus der Schweiz ausgewandert waren. Source: swiss info

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