{"id":277661,"date":"2019-05-30T18:45:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T22:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.google.com\/articles\/CBMicWh0dHA6Ly93d3cudGFkaWFzLmNvbS8wNS8zMC8yMDE5L2V0aGlvcGlhbi1haXJsaW5lcy1zbGFtcy1ibG9vbWJlcmdzLWV4LXBpbG90LXN0b3J5LWFzLWJhc2VsZXNzLWZhbHNlLWFsbGVnYXRpb24v0gEA?oc=5"},"modified":"2026-09-25T11:17:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T15:17:59","slug":"ethiopian-airlines-called-bloombergs-ex-pilot-max-warnings-baseless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/277661","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopian Airlines called Bloomberg\u2019s ex-pilot Max warnings baseless"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In May 2019 Tadias Magazine reported that Ethiopian Airlines dismissed a Bloomberg story about former pilot Bernd Kai von Hoesslin, who said he had warned managers in December 2018 that Boeing 737 Max crews needed more training before the March 10 ET302 crash that killed 157 people.<\/p>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"780\" width=\"780\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-429249\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ethiopian-Airlines-plane-photo.jpg?fit=780%2C780&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ethiopian Airlines called Bloomberg\u2019s ex-pilot Max warnings baseless\" \/>\n<p>The airline called the claims baseless and said the pilot was a disgruntled former employee whose contract ended after administrative problems, while also stressing that it follows global safety standards.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange sat beside Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg\u2019s public apology and Ethiopian CEO Tewolde Gebremariam\u2019s refusal to rush the Max back into service, so it remains part of the ET302 media fight over whether pilots or design flaws should carry the blame.<\/p>\n<p>Kept as aviation archive, the Tadias file dates Ethiopian Airlines\u2019 formal pushback against the ex-pilot narrative.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tadias.com\/05\/30\/2019\/ethiopian-airlines-slams-bloombergs-ex-pilot-story-as-baseless-false-allegation\/\">Tadias Magazine<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopian Airlines Slams Bloomberg&#8217;s Ex-Pilot Story as &#8216;Baseless &amp; False Allegation&#8217;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tadias MagazineTadias Magazine By Tadias Staff. Updated: May 30th, 2019. New York (TADIAS) \u2013 Ethiopian Airlines has dismissed a recent Bloomberg news story &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":429249,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-277661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ethiopian-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Ethiopian-Airlines-plane-photo.jpg?fit=600%2C338&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-1aep","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277661"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":754987,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277661\/revisions\/754987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}