"Levántalo": last minutes of Ethiopian Airlines flight – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

A Wall Street Journal investigation revealed what were the last words of one of the pilots of the Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed on March 10, causing the death of the 157 enplaned pbadengers.

According to the US newspaper, the Boeing 737 Max pilot shouted, "Raise him, lift him up" a few moments before the plane starts to take off. Washington Post says Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 had problems immediately after takeoff from the airport of the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. According to people close to the ongoing investigation quoted by the newspaper, the co-pilot, Ahmed Nur Mohammed, contacted the control tower and reported "flight control problem"

The tower asked for details when Captain Yared Getachew tried to lift the plane and correct the glide path. After two minutes of swinging flight, a strong tremor took place, after which the aircraft began to collapse. The flight lasted less than six minutes in total.

According to the newspaper sources, the accident occurred because the Maneuvering Feature Enhancement System (MCAS) was activated accidentally shortly after take-off; as a result, the nose of the aircraft tilted at a time when it reached 137 meters high.

The report was released in the midst of Boeing's growing pressure to update the & # 39; software & # 39; for his best-selling aircraft, the 737 Max. At present, governments and airlines around the world have banned theft of this model, and a large number of airlines are losing money due to the cancellation of flights.