A final report on the accident concluded nothing was wrong before takeoff, and the crash was due to a safety feature failure, said Dagmawit Moges, Ethiopian minister of transport and logistics. “The airplane’s Left Angle of Attack (AOA) sensor failed immediately after takeoff, sending faulty data to the flight control system. It was learned that the MCAS is an automated safety feature on the 737 Max 8 designed to prevent the plane from entering into a stall, or losing lift. Moges noted that the final report was built upon the preliminary and interim reports that were released before. In February, the Ethiopian flag carrier flew its Boeing 737 MAX jet for the first time since the tragic incident.

Source: Ethiopian News December 26, 2022 13:30 UTC