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Flight Simulator Recreates Path of Doomed Boeing 737 Max 8 From Ethiopia
March 15, 2019
Flight simulation shows what it might have been like during the last seconds on the doomed Boeing jet that crashed in Africa. Retired airline Capt. Ross Aimer flew a flight simulator like the Boeing 737 Max 8 that crashed, killing everyone on board. In the simulator, Aimer took off from the same airport in Ethiopia, but a minute after takeoff, there was a problem. The plane's nose was suddenly pointing down. Was it due to a glitch in the aircraft's operational system?