Ethiopia Crash Report Confirms Crew Followed Procedure

The investigation into the tragic plane crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight last month has confirmed that the crew were unable to regain control of the plane despite following the recommended procedures. The announcement comes as the preliminary report into the incident is released.

The report recommends that the manufacturer, Boeing, should review the flight control system before returning the 737 MAX fleet to service. Concerns with the aircraft’s Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) have already been flagged.

The MCAS automatically lowers the aircraft nose when it detects a stall or loss of airspeed. Problems with its operations have also been connected to a Lion Air crash in October of last year in Malaysia.