Ethiopian Airlines rejects 'pilot error' claim in Boeing crash
A Boeing plane lands at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, September 17, 2013. A US politician blamed pilot error for contributing to the deadly crash of a Boeing 737 MAX flown by Ethiopian Airlines, but the carrier's boss says the politician does not have the facts. PHOTO | AFP
A US politician who blamed pilot error for contributing to the deadly crash of a Boeing 737 MAX flown by Ethiopian Airlines was "seriously misinformed", the carrier's boss has said.
Republican Sam Graves told a House of Representatives hearing last month that "facts" in investigations after crashes in both Ethiopia and Indonesia "reveal pilot error as a factor in these tragically fatal accidents".
