The French Civil Aviation Safety investigation and Analysis Agency announced on March 16 that it had successfully exported data stored in one of the "black boxes" of the Ethiopian Airlines crash passenger plane, which has been handed over to investigators in Ethiopia.
On the same day, Egyptian officials said they would speed up the identification of the passengers killed.
High speed climbing
The French Civil Aviation Safety investigation and Analysis Agency has successfully exported data from the cockpit voice recorder and will continue to parse another "black box", the flight data recorder, on the 17th, according to the French Civil Aviation Safety investigation and Analysis Agency.
The agency posted pictures on social media "Twitter", showing cockpit voice recorders showing signs of bumping on the outside, but generally intact.
The agency did not listen to voice recorders, the statement said.
An Egyptian source who listened to the recording told Reuters journalist that the pilot of the crash plane reported "control problems" to the ground Control Center shortly after takeoff, hoping to obtain permission to quickly climb above 4200 meters above sea level. That is, about 2000 meters above the airport.
The plane then flew at an "unusual high speed," the source said, and soon after climbing, the pilot urgently demanded a return flight, which eventually disappeared from the radar screen.
The source asked not to be named because the investigation into the crash was not over, but said the aircraft's control problems were the reason for the pilot to steer the plane up.
Ethiopia Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane was scheduled to fly from Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa to Kenya's capital Nairobi on the 10th, take-off about six minutes after the crash, 149 passengers and eight crew members were killed. Investigators found two "black boxes" 11, and then sent to France.
Aviation experts say when the plane flies at a low altitude, pilots often choose to climb if they encounter problems, to buy time to manipulate the plane and avoid dealing with complex terrain. Addis Ababa is surrounded by mountains, the north is about 3200 meters above sea level of Mount Entoto.
Spare no effort to heal the aftermath
Essese Transportation minister Dagmawitt Moggs told the journalist on the 16th that he is awaiting the results of the investigation and will "do his best" to find out the cause of the crash; however, such investigations usually take a lot of time to draw concrete conclusions.
She said Ethiopia has set out to identify the victims with DNA (DNA) genetic information, which is expected to last for six months, with help from agencies such as the International Criminal Police Organization.
According to Morgers, Ethiopia has issued provisional death certificates, which will be issued to the families of the victims within two weeks.
A collective memorial for the victims is scheduled to be held in Addis Ababa on the 17th.
Morgers said the National Transportation Safety Commission sent 16 people to assist in the investigation, as did Boeing, the aircraft manufacturer.
Daniel Elwell, acting director of the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States, said earlier that available information shows that the flight trajectory of the Essese crash passenger plane is "similar" to that of the Indonesian Lion Air crash passenger plane. According to the results of the "black box" analysis, the two air crashes will be judged whether or not there is a connection.
Indonesia Lion Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 crashed more than 10 minutes after taking off on Oct. 29, killing 189 passengers and crew. Comparing the two crashes, the pilot reported problems to the control center and tried to return. After Ethiopia's air crash, dozens of countries and regions have been grounded or banned from flying Boeing MAX series airliners.
After last year's disaster, Boeing said it would upgrade flight control software for the 737 MAX series, which the company said would be completed "in the next few weeks" after the plane crash.
Boeing plans to release the upgraded software within a week to 10 days, a source told journalist.