ET-AVJ — accident record & aircraft history

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Safety history

March 10, 2019AccidentHull loss
Aircraft Accident Investigation Report B737- MAX 8, ET-AVJ December 2022 THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION BUREAU INVESTIGATION REPORT ON ACCIDENT TO THE B737-MAX8 REG. ET-AVJ OPERATED BY ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES 10 MARCH, 2019 Report No.
Boeing 737 · 157 fatalities
Repetitive and uncommanded airplane-nose-down inputs from the MCAS due to erroneous AOA input, and its unrecoverable activation system which made the airplane dive with the rate of -33,000 feet per minute close to the ground was the most probable cause of the accident. The following contributing factors were identified: 1. Full accident record