Ethiopian Airlines said that the plane had crashed had approved the technical examination

Ethiopian Airlines Chief Executive Officer Tewolde Gebremariam said today that his Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, which crashed today shortly after taking off from Addis Ababa, had pbaded the technical exam the month latest.

"It is still too early to speculate on the causes" of the incident, he said. The company said that last February 4, the aircraft had pbaded its first and "very strict" maintenance exam. The 157 occupants of the aircraft died in the accident.

"The relevant investigation will be conducted to determine the cause, in collaboration with all relevant stakeholders, among which the aircraft manufacturer, Boeing, the authority of the civil aviation of the. Ethiopia and other international entities, with the aim of maintaining global standards and offer information on the origin of the accident, once identified, "said Gebremariam.

For its part, the company Boeing said in a note reproduced by the ANSA agency that "a team of technicians is ready to offer technical badistance on request and under the direction of the National Transportation Safety Board".

At the same time, the United States announced the dispatch of a team of help and investigation to determine the causes of the incident.

The joint mission of the National Transportation Safety Board and the US Federal Aviation Administration will consist of four investigators who will work "with the civil aviation authorities of Ethiopia to investigate the accident" .

The pilot of the aircraft had been identified as the main captain Yared Getachev, who had accumulated more than 8,000 flying hours and flown the ship with his first officer, Ahmed Nur Mohammod Nur, with 200 hours of flight time.

The plane crash, a B-737-800MAX, had landed this morning in Addis Ababa from Johannesburg and planned to make the route between the Ethiopian capital and Nairobi.

Telam Agency