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Aircraft. Pilots could replicate what happened on the Lion Air B-737 MAX 8

Simulator training to disable Mcas

The pilots of the B-737 MAX aircraft could soon be trained in a simulator to keep the airplane in the same situation faced by those who were at the controls of the Boeing of Lion Air, crashed shortly after taking off from Jakarta killing all 189 people at board. The report published by the Indonesian investigative pool did not identify the root cause, but investigations focused on maintenance and training...

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Delhi, India, 12/06/2018 18:23
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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