Our pilots complied with procedures, says Ethiopian Airline over March 10 crash

The Group Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian Airlines, Tewolde GebreMariam has said that the pilots that flew the B737 Max that crashed while on Addis Ababa-Nairobi flight on March 10, complied with the procedures recommended by the manufacturers of the aircraft during emergency in spite of the fact that it still crashed.

GebreMariam stated this on Thursday while disclosing that preliminary report on the crash has been released.

He said that the report clearly showed that the Ethiopian Airlines pilots who were commanding the flight, ET 302/10 March, followed instructions of the maker.

According to him, they followed the Boeing recommended and FAA approved emergency procedures to handle the most difficult emergency situation created on the airplane, adding however that in spite of their hard work and full compliance with the emergency procedures, it was very unfortunate that they could not recover the airplane from nose diving.

He said further that the Airline will continue its cooperation with investigating team as the investigation continues with more detailed analysis

“All of us at Ethiopian Airlines are still going through deep mourning for the loss of our loved ones and we will 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’ compliance to follow the emergency procedures and high level of professional performances in such extremely difficult situations.

“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,” he said.