Identification of second Israeli killed in Ethiopian Airlines plane crash

The second Israeli killed in the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash near Addis Ababa on Sunday has been identified as Shimon Reem, 59, a resident of the town of Zijron Yaakov, located near the Mediterranean coast, 35 kilometers south of Haifa.

Reem was a father of five children, a former officer in the Armored Corps, and retired from the General Security Service (Shabak), he worked at the security consulting company Shafran, the company said in a statement mourning his death.

On Monday, the first Israeli victim was identified: Avraham Matsliah, 49, father of two daughters, residing in Maalé Adumim, in Judea and Samaria (West Bank). Matzliah worked in the high-tech field and is survived by his wife and two daughters who currently serve in the Israel Defense Forces.

Reem was responsible for security at two Israeli embassies in South America, and later worked as head of regional security for Israeli airline El Al, according to a Channel 13 report.

Neither El Al nor Israeli commercial airline Arkia have in their fleet the Boeing 737 MAX 8 model that crashed six minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa airport.

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said its review “provides no basis” for ordering the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX 8, the operation of which has been banned by Europe and around twenty countries. after the accident in Ethiopia which left 157 dead.

“To date, our review reveals no systemic performance issues and provides no basis for ordering the grounding of the aircraft,” the FAA, which reports to the Department of Transportation, said in a statement.

The FAA, which has a joint team with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in the area of ​​the accident that occurred on Sunday in Ethiopia, assured that other civil authorities from other countries did not “provide them with data which justifies the action.

“During our urgent review of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 203 accident data, if any issues are identified that affect the continued airworthiness of the aircraft, the FAA will take immediate and appropriate action,” the statement added. communication.

After China, Indonesia and other countries vetoed the Boeing model, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) announced that as a “preventive measure” and to “ensure the safety of all passengers,” it also banned all airlines from flying. The 737 MAX 8 plane – and its sibling, the MAX 9 – in its airspace.

Boeing has insisted on the safety of its 737 MAX line of planes and referred to U.S. aviation authorities to say that “there is no reason to issue new guidance to operators.”

The manufacturer faced a severe sanction during the last two days of the New York Stock Exchange, never seen in ten years: it lost nearly 13,000 million dollars on Monday and this Tuesday, with a drop of 6.15% , he left a capital of nearly 14,000 billion dollars. 27,000 million in just 48 hours.

A White House spokesman, Judd Deere, said US President Donald Trump spoke with Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg and confirmed that the White House continued to monitor the situation.

Trump argued on Twitter for “simpler” planes that don't need “Albert Einstein” as pilot.

“We no longer need pilots, but rather computer scientists from MIT,” Trump said on Twitter, referring to the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology, adding that “they are always looking to take an unnecessary step forward, while often the old and simple “It's much better.”

Last October, another Boeing 737 MAX 8, from the Indonesian low-cost airline Lion Air, sank in the Java Sea killing 189 people and on this occasion the black box revealed faults in the automatic system. Aurora and EFE