Air Accident Investigation BureauThe crashed Ethiopian Airlines737 Max plane hit the ground at 925 km/h, leaving a crater 10m deep and 40m long, according to a preliminary report released Thursday by the Ethiopian government. The crashed Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max hit the ground at 925km per hour and left a crater 10 meter deep, according to a preliminary report on the March crash. The Ethiopian Airlines pilots followed Boeing's emergency procedures but couldn't control the plane and stop its nose from pointing down, the report said. A similar error was outlined in the preliminary report into the fatal Lion Air 737 Max 8 crash, which killed all 189 people on board in October. The 737 Max was grounded around the world after the Ethiopian Airlines crash last month.

Source: Ethiopian News April 06, 2019 06:45 UTC