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Ethiopian crew followed Boeing procedures, says first official crash report

The report recommends "the aircraft flight control system shall be reviewed by the manufacturer."

Ethiopian airline crash, Boeing 737 Max

American civil aviation and Boeing investigators search through the debris at the scene of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash, near the town of Bishoftu | Photo: Reuters/file

AFP | PTI Addis Ababa

The crew of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed last month killing 157 people, repeatedly followed procedures recommended by Boeing, but were unable to regain control of the jet, the Ethiopian transport minister said Thursday.

"The crew performed all the procedures repeatedly provided by the manufacturer but was not able to control the aircraft," said Dagmawit Moges, unveiling results of the preliminiary probe into the crash.

She said the report recommends "the aircraft flight control system shall be reviewed by the manufacturer."

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First Published: Apr 04 2019 | 2:25 PM IST

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