A preliminary report on the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX airplane says pilots followed recommended emergency procedures but were unable to control the jet.
Pilots of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 passenger jet that crashed on March 10 followed recommended procedures to rectify the plane’s continued nosediving but in vain, Ethiopia’s transport minister said on Thursday.
“The crew performed all the procedures repeatedly provided by the manufacturer but was not able to control the aircraft,” Dagmawit Moges told reporters in Addis Ababa, citing a preliminary report.
She said the report recommended that Boeing should review the aircraft flight control system.
Although she referred to a “repetitive nose down” movement of the aircraft, she did not specifically mention the plane’s automatic stalling system, which has been implicated in the crash amid similarities with a Lion Air crash in Indonesia October that also involved flight control issues.
The airline also tweeted the information from a preliminary report about the crash.
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