The crew members of the Ethiopian plane that crashed last month, 60km South of Addis Ababa followed all steps in controlling the aircraft as outlined by manufacturers, Boeing, a report has revealed.
So fatal was the crash that none of 157 people on board survived. Until now, families affected in the crash are yet to get the remains of their loved ones, with some opting to bury soil as a ritual.
"The crew performed all the procedures repeatedly provided by the manufacturer but was not able to control the aircraft," said Dagmawit Moges while unveiling results of the preliminary probe into the crash.
"Aviation authorities shall verify that the review of the aircraft flight control system has been adequately addressed by the manufacturer before the release of the aircraft for operations".
The Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) is designed to automatically lower the aircraft's nose if it detects a stall or loss of airspeed.
The crash claimed lives of 37 Kenyans, the highest casualties as per the nationalities representation. Canada suffered the second highest fatalities after 19 nationals died from the crash.
Several countries have grounded planes from Boeing company, a US-based manufacturer, but Washington DC maintains that the company did not make any fault in the manufacturing process.
However, the report recommends specific changes in the systems of the plane model to make it effective.
A similar plane crashed in Malaysia last year, killing over 170 people.