Expat Pilot Turns Self-Styled Whistle-Blower After 737 Max Crash

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Bernd Kai Von Hoesslin

Photographer: Galit Rodan/Bloomberg
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When he heard about the crash, Ethiopian Airlines captain Bernd Kai von Hoesslin said he felt a wave of anger, then nausea.

It was March 10 when the Ethiopian 737 Max 8 went down and von Hoesslin was in a West Africa hotel between flights. He said he called his crew into a private corner of a restaurant and warned them there would be no survivors.