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After the plane crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia, the Swedish Pilots' Association reacts with criticism of aircraft manufacturer Boeing.

– No one knows this aircraft type better than Boeing. What we can now suspect is that it was built with flaws and that there has been a lack of communication with its operators about this system, says Tomas Gustafsson, chairman of the Swedish Pilots' Association.

Data from the accident investigation in Ethiopia indicates that the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft had a new system on board, called MCAS.

The system was supposed to protect against pilots tipping the nose too steeply upwards. But the new MCAS system allegedly tipped the nose downwards for no reason. 
The plane crashed and the 157 passengers died.

Tomas Gustafsson, chairman of the flight safety committee for the Swedish Pilots' Association, emphasizes that the investigation into the accidents is not yet complete. But he says that Boeing did not even tell the pilots that the new automatic system existed.

And he thinks Boeing itself should have taken the initiative to ground the planes. Instead, individual countries and authorities had to make that decision. And now the planes are on the ground, halfway around the world.

And now it will be a while before the Boeing 737 MAX takes off again.

– Now question marks have been raised and there is a concern that characterizes the entire aviation industry, I would say, says Tomas Gustafsson.

Source: sverigesradio.se