Minister Of Tranport Says Crew 'Performed All The Procedures Provided By The Manufacturer'

The Ethiopian Minister of Transport says that the crew of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX which went down shortly after takeoff March 10th and led to the worldwide grounding of the airplanes, "repeatedly" followed Boeing's published procedures but were unable to prevent the accident.

Ethiopia's transport minister, Dagmawit Moges delivered the preliminary report on the accident on Thursday, according to multiple media sources including Business Insider.

Following the release of the report, Ethiopian Airlines Aviation Group posted a statement on its website acknowledging the preliminary report of the accident of ET302/10 March, 2019 and expressing appreciation for the hard work of the investigation team.

The preliminary report clearly showed that the Ethiopian Airlines Pilots who were commanding Flight ET302/10 March have followed Boeing's recommended and FAA's approved emergency procedures to handle the most difficult emergency situation created on the airplane, the statement said. Despite their hard work and full compliance with the emergency procedures, it was very unfortunate that they could not recover the airplane from the persistence of nose diving. As the investigation continues with more detailed analysis, as usual we will continue with our full cooperation with the investigation team.

"All of us at Ethiopian Airlines are still going through deep mourning for the loss of our loved ones and we would like to express our deep sympathy and condolences for the families, relatives and friends of the victims. Meanwhile, we are very proud of our pilots’ compliances to follow the emergency procedures and high level of professional performances in such extremely difficult situations," said Group CEO, Tewolde GebreMariam. "We are also very proud of our Global standard Pilot Training Center and the Ethiopian Aviation Academy which is one of the largest and most modern in the world equipped with state of the art and latest training technologies. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank our valued customers, the travelling public, the media and global aviation professionals for the remarkably high level of vote of confidences and strong support that you have been giving us starting from the day of this tragic accident. We will double our efforts every single day to win your confidence and earn your business.

"Your safety will remain our top most priority and we will continue to work together with our partners around the world to make air travel safer and more comfortable. My highest appreciation also goes to my 16,000 colleagues at Ethiopian Airlines for their resilience, high standards of professionalism and their continued commitment for operational excellence and their award winning customer services which enabled us to continue our business without any operational disruption, flight delays nor flight cancellations."

(Source: Ethiopian Aviation Group and as cited. Image from file. Not accident airplane)

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