Ethiopian chief vows 'transparent' co-operation in Max probe

Ethiopian Airlines group CE Tewolde Gebremariam has pledged “full and transparent” co-operation with the inquiry into the fatal loss of a Boeing 737 Max 8, and has underscored the airline’s faith in the airframer. While Gebremariam says that “many questions” about the 737 Max “remain without answers”, and that he “fully” supports the worldwide grounding of the type, he stresses the importance of the US manufacturer’s partnership with Ethiopian. “Let me be clear,” he said. “Ethiopian Airlines believes in Boeing.” Gebremariam reiterates the claim that the carrier’s pilots were “fully trained” regarding the procedures bulletin issued after the Lion Air accident. He adds that the differences training between the airline’s earlier 737 variants and the 737 Max require computer-based training, but that the airline “went beyond that”. <br/>