Ethiopia’s preliminary report into the deadly crash of a Boeing aircraft last month will not be released on Monday, a spokesman for the country’s transport ministry said, contradicting earlier indications that it was ready to be published.
The findings of the preliminary investigation should provide the first official account of the likely cause of the tragedy, which killed all 157 people on board the Ethiopian Airlines flight and has grounded Boeing’s fleet of 737 Max aircraft worldwide
The foreign ministry had said earlier that the ministry of transport, which is leading the investigation, would provide a briefing on its preliminary findings on Monday. That information was “incorrect” Musie Yehyies, a spokesman for the transport ministry said. Mr Musie did not give a new date for the publication of the report.
Boeing, its customers including Ethiopian Airlines, and the families of the victims around the world will be watching to see whether investigators confirm that a flawed anti-stall – or MCAS – system was a factor in the crash. A similar flaw in the 737 Max’s MCAS system appears to have contributed to the crash of a Lion Air flight in Indonesia in October.
The twin crashes have provoked an unprecedented crisis of confidence in Boeing and in the procedures used by the US Federal Aviation Administration to certify aircraft as safe to fly.
US House and Senate committees are holding hearings to probe whether the FAA collaborated too closely with Boeing in certifying the 737 Max, while the US justice department is investigating whether Boeing gave the FAA incomplete or misleading information related to the aircraft.
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April 01, 2019 at 05:08PM
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