Meet the pilot who was in charge of the crashed Ethiopian airplane, Boeing 737 Max 8

Captain Yared Getachew

Captain Yared Getachew was in charge of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 that crashed.

He was a senior Captain with more than 8,000 flight hours. He was assisted on the flight by First Officer Ahmed Nur Mohammod who had 200 flight hours.

The Ethiopian Air flight ET 302 crash is the second fatal incident within 5 months involving a Boeing 737 Max 8 after the Indonesian Lion Air flight JT610 crashed in November 2018. Incidentally, both planes were new.

The reports suggest that the plane has faulty sensors that forces the plane into a stall and pilots can not control it. They should all be grounded immediately.