157 aboard Ethiopian Airlines flight to Nairobi involved in fatal crash

2e issue fatale pour le 737 MAX
Sincères condoléances aux familles des victimes
ETH 302 reliant Addis-Abeba à Nairobi s’est écrasé quelque min après son décollage. L’appareil de Ethiopian Airlines, était un Boeing 737 Max 8. . C’est le deuxième crash de la série 737 Max 8 après celui de Lion Air.

i will not get in one of these boeings as a passenger until i read on this site that there is complete understanding on the cause(s) and fixes for these crashes. This was not a crash by some Lion airline style crap airline, bad maintenance and bad piloting. Ethiopian airlines is in my mind a trustworthy operation. Boeing best get busy discerning what the heck is going on here.

I’m not making any assumptions (I’ll leave that to the professionals), but it appears to be another 737 MAX

737 MAX 8 (ET-AVJ), delivered November 2018.

https://www.africaguinee.com/articles/2019/03/10/crash-d-un-avion-de-la-compagnie-ethiopian-airlines?fbclid=IwAR0hLWBanIbQ1LJLaJ9pcp7EB_CFEEt5DfGY3TZD7robH6U6CEx9rr-EXVo

Involved hardly the right word they are dead as a result of an accident.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-africa-47513534

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/10/africa/ethiopia-airline-crash-nairobi-intl/index.html

AVHerald reporting:
http://avherald.com/h?article=4c534c4a&opt=0

ADS-B readouts are at
twitter.com/flightradar24/status/1104676048317362177

After the crash I don,t think anyone will fly in that plane for awhile.when cleared who knows

Another Max 8 ....

Reading through all the comments, it appears - to me, anyway - that many are making "assumptions" on the cause of this tragedy, and making references to "stall", "trim", "nosedive", "pilots", "Boeing", etc. However, what about this?

(quoted extract). "The plane was already on fire when it crashed to the ground. The crash caused a big explosion," said witness Tegegn Dechasa at the site, littered with passenger belongings, human remains, and airplane parts.
"The plane was in flames in its rear side shortly before the crash. The plane was swerving erratically before the crash."
Farmer Sisay Gemechu, said: "The plane seemed to be aiming to land at a nearby level open field, but crashed before reaching there."

Why don't we wait for the official cause, instead of speculation?

For a jet that didn't get far off the ground, it managed to crash 62km from the airport. Something ain't right on this report:

"Flight ET 302, registration number ET-AVJ, crashed near the town of Bishoftu, 62 kilometers southeast of the capital Addis Ababa, the airline said.The pilot mentioned that he had difficulties and that he wanted to return. He was give the clearance to return back,"