The chief investigator states that information from an Ethiopian crashed plane would not bring out an injury to an object abroad

ADDIS-ABABA, April 4 (Xinhua) – The head of a team to investigate the March 10 accident, Ethiopian Airlines, rejected reports that a foreign object could have caused the tragedy that took the lives of the 157 people on board.

"The data extracted from the flight does not indicate any damage caused by a foreign body," said Amdye Ayalew, head of the investigation team.

Ayalew 's remarks were heard amid reports of an attack by a foreign object on the aircraft' s sensor as the major cause of the accident.

The Boeing 737 Max 8, headed for Nairobi, crashed near the city of Bishoftu, about 45 km from the capital Addis Ababa, just minutes after taking off from Bole International Airport .

Ayalew said the investigation could last up to a year.

"We will badyze if there are other problems on this plane," he said.

Also on Thursday, the Ethiopian government said the pilots had followed the procedures required by Boeing, but that they could not control the flight.

"Based on the initial findings of the investigation, the crew repeatedly performed all the procedures provided by the builder, but was not able to control the aircraft" Ethiopian Transport Minister Dagmawit Moges told reporters.

The minister said the results of the preliminary investigation had also revealed that the aircraft "possessed a valid certificate of airworthiness and that the crew had obtained the license and qualifications necessary to perform the flight" .

According to Moges, two safety recommendations were transmitted based on initial information gathered during the preliminary investigation.

"As this preliminary investigation revealed repeated dive in the aircraft, it is recommended that the aircraft control system for the controllability of the flight be reviewed by the manufacturer," he said. she declared.

"The aeronautical authorities must verify that the manufacturer has correctly addressed the flight control system of the aircraft with respect to the controllability of the flight before making the aircraft operational," said Moges.

The preliminary investigation report was established on the basis of data extracted from the data and voice recorders of the aircraft.

The Boeing 737 Max 8s have since been immobilized around the world due to growing security concerns following the Ethiopian Airlines crash.

Less than five months ago, last October, a flight of the same model Lion Air crashed in Indonesia, killing 189 people on board.

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