Ethiopia exonerates pilot error as cause of deadly plane crash

A preliminary report shows that pilots followed correct procedures and regulations before the fatal crash of a Boeing 737 Max 8 in which all 157 people on board died in Ethiopia, according to a transport official at a press conference on Thursday.

"Pilots followed all the guidelines and regulations; however, they couldn't control the flight," Ethiopia's minister of transport Dagmawit Moges told reporters, adding that the full report into the crash will be released within one year.

Dagmawit Moges also said Boeing should review its aircraft control system.

The Boeing 737 Max 8 plane belonging to Ethiopian Airlines en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi went down on March 10 shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa.

It was the second crash involving a Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane in five months after the same jet model crashed in Indonesia, claiming 189 lives.

(CGTN)