Ethiopian flies MAX *

The Boeing 737 MAX has returned to the skies for the first time with Ethiopian Airlines since a fatal crash in March 2019.

This resulted in the world’s MAX fleet being grounded and much pain for Boeing.

Prior to the incident Ethiopian Airlines had always been considered as one of Africa’s leading airlines when it came to operations and safety.  

In the previous October an Indonesian Lion Air MAX had also gone down, but that accident had failed to alert problems with the aircraft.

Whilst the MAX started retuning into service in February 2021 Ethiopian took a cautious route for its reintroduction.

“We have taken enough time to monitor the design modification work and the more than 20 months of rigorous rectification process…our pilots, engineers, aircraft technicians, cabin crew are confident in the safety of the fleet”, said Tewolde Gebremariam, Ethiopian Chairman and much respected in aviation circles in a statement seen by Reuters.  

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John Jacobs, New York

If I were Ethiopian I would not promote the return of the MAX. It’s history and sad news. Just return them to the fleet and add new ones as they come along without any fuss. The crashes will never be forgotten, rather like the Commet of an earlier era, but best lost in time.