Accidents
Ethiopian Max Pilots Followed Boeing Emergency Procedures
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Ethiopian transport minister Dagmawi Moges reveals details of the findings in the preliminary accident report on flight ET 302 in Addis Ababa Thursday. (Photo: Nahom Tesfaye)
Ethiopian transport minister Dagmawi Moges reveals details of the findings in the preliminary accident report on flight ET 302 in Addis Ababa Thursday. (Photo: Nahom Tesfaye)

Ethiopian aviation authorities reported Thursday that the pilots of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 that crashed on March 10 six minutes after takeoff followed Boeing’s recommended procedure for regaining control of the aircraft during its fateful dive. Revealing details of the still unpublished preliminary accident report in Addis Ababa, Ethiopian transport minister Dagmawi Moges also confirmed that the airplane repeatedly assumed an uncommanded nose-down attitude. “[The pilots] could not control the aircraft, though they repeatedly applied the safety procedure recommended by the manufacturer,” she said.