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Mourners attend funerals of 17 Ethiopians, including members of the flight crew of eight people killed in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). – (AFP)
Data from the black boxes recovered from an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed last week show "obvious similarities" with a recent crash of the same type of plane in Indonesia, a announced Sunday the Ethiopian Minister of Transport.
While refusing to give details, Dagmawit Moges told reporters that the parallels would be the subject of a "complementary study during the investigation", with a preliminary report published in "30 days" .
The announcement came one week after Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crashed into a field southeast of Addis Ababa in a few minutes, allowing it to travel to Nairobi, killing 157 pbadengers on board. .
The disaster caused the global flight of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 involved after aviation regulators saw similarities with the October crash of the Indonesian Lion 737 MAX 8, which killed 189 pbadengers and the crew.
Both aircraft reportedly experienced steep and irregular climbs and descents, as well as variable speeds, before crashing shortly after take-off.
Questions have been asked about an automated anti-stall system introduced on the 737 MAX 8, designed to automatically steer the nose of the plane down if it is in danger of stalling.
The pilots of the Lion Air Flight 610 had trouble controlling the aircraft while the MCAS automated system was repeatedly pushing the aircraft's liking after takeoff, according to the data logger. flight.
In the case of the Ethiopian flight, the black boxes were handed over to the French Air Safety Agency BEA, which is working with American and Ethiopian investigators to determine what went wrong.
Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg said Sunday that the manufacturer "is currently finalizing the development of a previously announced software update and a review of the pilot training" in order to address the behavior. MCAS "in response to erroneous sensor inputs".
Experts questioned the US aviation safety certification process after learning that US pilots had filed serious complaints about MCAS.
On Sunday, the regulator, the Federal Aviation Administration, said it complied with "standard" procedures, which "systematically produced safe aircraft designs," when certifying the 737 MAX.
Nothing to bury
The disaster in Ethiopia has left bereaved families in 35 countries.
On Sunday, Ethiopians gathered at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in the capital, Addis Ababa, to bury 17 of their citizens killed in the crash, including the eight-man flight crew people.
Hundreds of people gathered to attend the funeral in the Holy Trinity Cathedral of Addis Ababa. They cried and waved pictures of those who had died. By Samuel HABTAB (AFP) Relatives of the dead sobbed and held portraits of their loved ones while an Ethiopian Orthodox priest declared the last sacraments.
Meselech Petros, wearing a t-shirt with a picture of Amma Tesfamariam in her flight attendant uniform, said that her 28-year-old sister was not supposed to work last Sunday, but had come to get a friend.
"What I can not forget is that she left an eight month old child and that she did not return," Meselech said.
"We are broken and we have a lot of pain, it is very difficult," added Amma's brother, Selamsew Mathias, 26.
The funeral ceremony began when caskets draped with the Ethiopian flag were brought to the cathedral in a convoy of black hearses accompanied by hundreds of mourners.
The contents of the coffins were not clear.
Witnesses said that the plane had dipped into the field, the force of the impact leaving few bodies intact.
On Thursday, while families and friends in mourning were traveling to the area where the plane crashed, an AFP correspondent saw them handing them bottles of water. plastic water filled with soil from the site.
The Ethiopian government has stated that it may take up to six months to identify the remains.
"What makes us very sad is that we have not found any of his remains," said Teshome Legesse, whose 24-year-old niece, Ayantu Girma, was a flight attendant. in the plane.
"Grief belongs to everyone"
Ethiopian Airlines is the largest African carrier and, in many ways, the international face of the country.
The deaths shocked the second most populous country in Africa and the funeral drew a large number of people in mourning.
"We are all children of Adam and Eve, even though our skin colors are different," said Seyoum Kidanu, a retired police officer dressed in his evening uniform and wearing a scarf in the colors of the flag Ethiopian.
"When a person dies in this world, sorrow belongs to everyone."
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