BBC says it's the same modification of Boeing 737 MAX-8 as in Lion Airlines crash and both crashes happened a few minutes after take-off.
So we have two crashes of brand new planes of a new 737 modification over half a year, wow!
If these crashes have the same reasons (it seems so) then FAA would probably force Boeing to recall these new planes (350 of them, not so much). And Boeing might even lose some of pre-order contracts (~5000 planes).
How many other hidden problems like MCAS does this plane have? Last time two crashes over half a year for a new plane modification happened in 1965 with Boeing 727, but that was a completely new plane design.
It appears that vertical speed was really unstable after take-off and that it did not gain much altitude. Possibly a result of flaps and slats misconfiguration?
Still early to speculate, as a (very speculative) guess it could be an issue with takeoff configuration incorrectly set or calculated (especially given the altitude of the airport).
There were 149 passengers on the plane but still no info about any survivers. That's just horrifying. I wonder how many people in history have survived a plane crash.
So we have two crashes of brand new planes of a new 737 modification over half a year, wow!
If these crashes have the same reasons (it seems so) then FAA would probably force Boeing to recall these new planes (350 of them, not so much). And Boeing might even lose some of pre-order contracts (~5000 planes).
How many other hidden problems like MCAS does this plane have? Last time two crashes over half a year for a new plane modification happened in 1965 with Boeing 727, but that was a completely new plane design.