The Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 pilots followed all the safety procedures laid out by Boeing, says Ethiopia’s transportation minister
In this file photo taken on March 11, 2019, people stand near collected debris at the crash site of Ethiopia Airlines near Bishoftu, a town some 60 kilometres southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Picture: MICHAEL TEWELDE
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 flew about six minutes on its flight from Addis Ababa before smashing into the ground, killing all aboard. Boeing has said it’s reviewing the report. There were people from 35 nations on board, including 32 Kenyans, 18 Canadians, nine Ethiopians and eight Americans. The UN, which was hosting an environmental conference in Nairobi, said it lost 19 staff members in the crash.
“The mistake is in the software,” retired Col Tilahun Nebro, a former jet fighter pilot, said in an interview at an aviators’ club beside Bole International Airport, where the fatal flight took off. Boeing has spent months refining the 737 Max’s software since data from the Lion Air crash indicated the stall-avoidance system had repeatedly tipped the nose down before pilots lost control. Boeing was close to a software fix when the Ethiopian Airlines jet went down.
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