U.S. Congress Finds Boeing Liable for Ethiopian Airlines Crash

The U.S. Congress has issued a damning report that puts the blame for the Ethiopian and Lion Air crashes squarely on U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing. The country's aviation agency is also facing headwinds for having failed in its oversight and certification of the Boeing 737 Max aircraft. It marks the culmination of 17 months of investigations, involving five public hearings, 24 interviews and 600,000 pages of documents. The crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 on 10 March 2019, about six minutes after take-off, claimed the lives of all 157 people on board.

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