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The initial report into the Ethiopian Airlines ET302 737 Max crash, which killed all 157 passengers and crew, has just been released amidst questions in the aviation industry about Boeing's practice of selling Boeing 737 Max safety 'extras' as additional add-ons in sales packages. While the report points to a little known quirk on the 737 Max plane's troublesome MCAS (Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System) being to blame for the Ethiopian Airlines crash, aviation reporter Steve Creedy from airlineratings.com says criticism of Boeing coming out of America about its policy of offering safety 'extras' for an additional cost has been largely blown out of proportion.
