A preliminary conclusion into the cause of the Ethiopian Boeing 737 MAX crash has revealed that an anti-stall system was activated before the tragic incident occurred.
A report on The Wall Street Journal indicates that the black box is still being investigated to determine the exact cause of the accident.
Elsewhere, a team probing the crash of a similar plane in Indonesia in October 2018, is also looking into the systems to identify the reasons behind the endless crashes of the airlines from the same manufacturer.
Boeing on Wednesday revealed that it has embarked on the process to fix its software to ensure that no accidents are reported in future.
According to CNN, if confirmed, the preliminary findings would suggest that the automated flight software called the Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), which was installed in both planes could be to blame in the two incidents.
The MCAS is a system that automatically lowers the nose of the plane when it receives information from its external angle of attack (AOA) sensors that the aircraft is flying too slowly or steeply, and at risk of stalling.
The Ethiopian Airline plane hit the ground shortly after departing the Addis Ababa Airport to Nairobi.
All the 157 passengers on board including the pilot and cabin crew perished following the incident.
The airline dealer suffered losses after China, Ethiopia and the United States of America (USA) ground its operations in different countries following the crash after safety concerns were raised.
Families of the victims of the airline crash have been faulting the Ethiopian Airline for taking too long to conclude DNA tests for their kin. They want to give them befitting send-off before they can rest easy.