African Aviators Association

ENGINE FAILURE / A Southwest Airlines 8 being ferried to Victorville for storage, flight returned to Orlando shortly after departure this afternoon after reporting a failure of its CFM right engine (via Flightradar24.com). N8712L was delivered in September 2017.

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Ethiopian Airlines expresses its disappointment on the following wrong reporting of the The New York Times titled “Ethiopian Airlines Had a Max 8 Simulator, but Pilot on Doomed Flight Didn’t Receive Training”

Ethiopian Airlines pilots completed the Boeing recommended and FAA approved differences training from the B-737 NG aircraft to the B-737 MAX aircraft before the phase in of the B-737-8 MAX fleet to the Ethiopian operation and before they start flying the B-737-8 MAX.

The pilots are also made aware and well briefed on the Emergency Airworthiness Directive issued by the FAA following the Lion Air Accident. The content of the airworthiness directive has also been well incorporated in all pilot training manuals, operational procedures and working manuals.

The B-737 MAX full flight simulator is not designed to simulate the MCAS system problems.

We urge all concerned to refrain from making such uninformed, incorrect, irresponsible and misleading statements during the period of the accident investigation. International regulations require all stakeholders to wait patiently for the result of the investigation.

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