Ethiopian tragedy: investigation reveals failure that prevented Boeing from controlling

The conclusions revealed Thursday by the Ethiopian Minister of Transport, Dagmawit Moges, point to the pilot tried to disable the automated flight control several times, which prompted the plane to "collapse" a few minutes after its takeoff from Addis Ababa International Airport on March 10.

"The Takeoff was normal and adequate. The pilot repeatedly tried to regain control of the aircraft, but the activation of the diving flight occurred repeatedly.Dagmawit explained at a press conference in Adis-Ababa, Efe reported.

The pilot and the crew received the appropriate training and followed all the procedures outlined by the American manufacturer in the aircraft manuals, whose black boxes are being examined in France, has said Efe.

Based on the results, Ethiopian Government Urges Boeing to Check Automated Control Software and Installed Technologies in this aircraft model and asked the aviation safety authorities to carefully consider the Boeing 737 Max 8 technology.

The preliminary report on what happened will be released in the next 26 days, in line with international standards, but any human failure as a cause of the accident is ruled out, according to the minister.

"We are very proud of the respect of the emergency procedures by our pilots and the high level of professionalism in extremely difficult situations", said the president of Ethiopian Airlines, Tewolde Gebremariam, in a statement issued after the publication of the survey data.

Ethiopian Airlines' Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashed on March 10, shortly after taking off from Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, bound for Nairobi.

Six minutes after the start of the flight, the pilot reported "difficulties" and asked to return to the Ethiopian airport. This request was accepted, but the plane crashed about 42 kilometers southeast of the capital, causing the death of all its pbadengers. , of 35 nationalities.

After the tragedy, airlines around the world announced that the 737 MAX aircraft was shut down due to doubts about its safety. Almost all countries have closed their airspace to the flights of these devices.