Ethiopian authorities would be prepared to release a more detailed set of findings on the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max jet that killed 157 people if the investigation drags on beyond the year-long target for the probe. “It depends on the complexity of the investigation,” Amdye Andualem, chairman of the Ethiopian Accident Investigation Bureau, said in an interview in Addis Ababa on Saturday. “If we cannot release the final report within a year, we can release an interim report,” he said, citing International Civil Aviation Organization guidelines. “These are the next steps.”Before the final report’s planned release, a draft will be provided to Boeing and “concerned bodies” for comment, Amdye said. Physical evidence from the crash site remains guarded by police at Ethiopian Airlines’ maintenance department, under the control of the Accident Investigation Bureau.

Source: Ethiopian News April 06, 2019 14:48 UTC