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Ethiopian crash captain untrained on 737 MAX simulator - source

A Boeing 737 MAX 8 is pictured near the company's factory in Renton, Washington, on March 11, 2019. PHOTO | STEPHEN BRASHEAR | GETTY IMAGES | AFP

By  REUTERS

REUTERS

The captain of a doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight was unable to practice on a new simulator for the Boeing 737 MAX 8 before he died in a crash with 157 others, a pilot colleague claimed.

Yared Getachew, 29, was due for refresher training at the end of March, his colleague told Reuters, two months after Ethiopian Airlines had received the simulator.

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