Ethiopia to release 737 Max crash preliminary report Thursday
By Bloomberg
05 April 2019 |
1:41 pm
Ethiopia said it will release a preliminary report Thursday into last month’s crash of a Boeing Co. 737 Max jetliner that killed 157 people, grounded the plane worldwide and raised questions about the relation between U.S. regulators and the aircraft maker.
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