The crew of a Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed last month repeatedly followed procedures recommended by Boeing, but were unable to regain control of the jet, the Ethiopian transport minister has said. She said the report recommends "the aircraft flight control system shall be reviewed by the manufacturer." "Aviation authorities shall verify that the review of the aircraft flight control system has been adequately addressed by the manufacturer before the release of the aircraft for operations". The Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) is designed to automatically lower the aircraft's nose if it detects a stall or loss of airspeed. It was the second crash of a 737 MAX 8 within five months, following a Lion Air crash in Indonesia in October last year.

Source: Ethiopian News April 04, 2019 09:00 UTC