France’s Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses (BEA) on Tuesday followed the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in calling for Ethiopian authorities to amend the final report on the March 10, 2019, crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 to reflect human factors considerations and flight crew shortcomings. Ethiopia’s Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (EAIB) led the investigation with the help of the French and U.S. authorities, both of which said that the report failed to sufficiently address operational and crew performance in its finding that a malfunction in the airplane’s Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) caused the accident.
“Shortcomings relating to the crew’s actions, particularly in the first phase of the flight, is not accompanied by a thorough analysis of the reasons for the behaviors observed, in relation with their training, their experience and the company organization with regard to the training and knowledge acquisition principles,” said the BEA.
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