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    Ethiopian Pilot Had Problems With Boeing 737 Max 8 Flight Controls — He Wasn't Alone

    Minutes before an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed, its pilot reported flight control problems. In recent months, several U.S. pilots reported the plane pitched downward after takeoff.
    by Bill Chappell Mar 13, 2019 5 minutes
    Relatives of the 157 people who died in Sunday's crash of a Boeing 737 Max 8 were allowed to visit the site of the disaster Wednesday. Ethiopian Airlines says its pilot was well-trained — and that he had reported trouble with the jetliner's flight controls just before the plane went down.

    The pilot of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 reported having flight control problems with the Boeing 737 Max 8 in the minutes before it crashed, airline CEO Tewolde GebreMariam says, providing new details about the disaster that killed 157 people on Sunday.

    Pilot Yared Getachew, who had more than 8,000 flight hours of experience, "was having difficulties with the flight control" and requested a return to the airport in Addis Ababa, GebreMariam told CNN, citing recordings of communications between the plane and air traffic controllers.

    Clearance for an immediate return was granted. But the plane didn't make it back, crashing just six minutes after takeoff and stoking concerns about Boeing's new Max 8 passenger jet — which was involved in another deadly crash under similar circumstances in

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