President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that airplanes are becoming "far too complex to fly" in response to growing international outcry over the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX jet in Ethiopia that killed all 157 people on board.
"Pilots are no longer needed, but rather computer scientists from MIT," Trump wrote in a morning post on Twitter. "I see it all the time in many products. Always seeking to go one unnecessary step further, when often old and simpler is far better."
The FAA on Monday said it did not see a reason to ground Boeing 737 Max planes, though regulators around the world have grounded the planes.
The crash near Addis Ababa on Sunday marked the second time the Boeing plane has sustained a fatal crash in less than half a year.
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Boeing has said it is too early to tell the cause of the Sunday crash, though investigators are looking into whether the plane's automatic controls are responsible for the crash of the 737 Max in October that killed 189 people after the plane dove into the Java Sea in Indonesia. Both incidents involved crashes shortly after take-off.
"I don't know about you, but I don't want Albert Einstein to be my pilot," Trump wrote in a second post on Twitter. "I want great flying professionals that are allowed to easily and quickly take control of a plane!"
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Regulators in China, Mexico, Indonesia, Australia and the United Kingdom have all grounded the aircraft. On Tuesday, a regulator in Vietnam said it would not license Boeing 737 Max aircraft in the country, according to Xinhua, a Chinese news agency. Companies in Vietnam had placed orders with Boeing to purchase the aircraft last month during Trump's summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi.
Boeing shares have fallen steeply as questions have mounted about the company's popular new jetliner. The company's shares were down nearly 5 percent in morning trade on Tuesday.
In a Monday statement, Boeing said said a software update was in the works that would be ready by April. Boeing did not respond to a request for comment on the president's tweets Tuesday.
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