On March 10, the crash of a Boeing 737-Max on Ethiopian Airlines was a moving event. According to official information, the black box of the plane has been found, and all parties are waiting for the results of the investigation. What's even more heart-wrenching is this...
According to rescuers in the front, the black box of Ethiopian Airlines FLIGHT ET302 that crashed yesterday has been found and brought back by Ethiopian Airlines staff for testing.
Subsequently, Ethiopian Airlines confirmed on its social media that the black box of the crashed airliner had been found.
According to CCTV news, one of the two black boxes was found in the waste pile that had been searched and inspected, and the other was found by the staff of the Seventh Bureau of China Railway, a Chinese-funded company, about 20 meters underground.
On March 10, an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-8 crash occurred, the second crash of a Boeing 737-8 aircraft following the October 29 Indonesian Lion Air crash. The crash killed all 157 people on board, including eight Chinese citizens.
According to information released by the airline, the passengers and crew members killed were from 35 countries, as well as 1 person holding a United Nations passport, and the nationality of 7 people remained unpublished.
In addition to the eight Chinese citizens, the victims of the air crash included doctors, professors, writers, law students, and many young lives engaged in international humanitarian causes.
Rescue team: The plane knocked out a pit several meters deep in the farmland
On March 11, Xinhua News Agency reporters saw at the scene that rescue workers from Ethiopian Airlines, the military and medical departments had blocked the scene, and rescuers were still collecting debris scattered everywhere after the plane crashed. Some villagers from surrounding villages handed over fragments of aircraft wreckage found nearby to rescuers. The bodies of the victims have now been transported from the scene.
A villager named Tesfaye told reporters: "(At that time) I heard a huge explosion, my house shook, and my family and I rushed outside. Later we learned that the plane had crashed and that smoke and fire were still rising at the site of the accident. ”
Employees of the Seventh Bureau of China Railway, who were engaged in the construction of the nearby highway, sent personnel and mechanical equipment to the scene of the accident to participate in the rescue. "We arrived at the scene at around 3:30 p.m. local time and saw the plane crash into a pit several meters deep in the farmland. The plane should have hit the ground head down, and after hitting the ground, it had completely turned into fragments, and there was no larger wreckage to be found. Wang Guanghui, general secretary of the Ethiopian regional party branch of the China Railway Seventh Bureau Overseas Company, said.
Near Addis Ababa, ethiopia's capital, people gather at the crash site. Image source: Visual China
Ethiopian Airlines CEO Geb Mariam said at a press conference that it is too early to speculate on the cause of the accident. "Ethiopian Airlines will work with all stakeholders, including aircraft manufacturers, ethiopian civil aviation authorities and other relevant organisations, to further investigate the cause of the accident and release information to the outside world after determining the cause," he said. ”
After the incident, the United Nations and many countries expressed their condolences and condolences on the crash of the passenger plane.
What was the cause of the accident? The pilot's final plea was heart-wrenching...
As the investigation unfolded, the final state of the plane before the crash was also a concern, and the pilot reportedly made a request before the crash.
Ethiopian Airlines CEO Gebmariam told reporters at a news conference on the same day that after the newly crashed Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 took off, the pilot had reported difficulties and asked to return. According to the records of the air traffic controller, he was allowed to return.
However, before there was time to return to the future, tragedy occurred, and the plane crashed into the ground with its nose facing down.
Gobmariam also said it was the airline's senior pilot, who flew more than 8,000 hours and had an "excellent flight record." The plane had just departed from South Africa to Addis Ababa and stayed on the ground at Bole International Airport for more than three hours, and Gobmariam also said that routine maintenance inspections before take-off had found no problems, and at present, they have not determined the cause of the crash.
He told reporters: "At this stage, we cannot rule out any possibility. Nor can we blame anything on the cause, because we must comply with international regulations and wait for investigation. ”
Experts also said it was too early to determine the cause. At present, the black box has been found, and all parties are waiting for the results of the investigation.
In addition, it has been reported that the problems encountered before the crash of the Ethiopian Airlines 302 are indeed somewhat similar to the crash of Lion Air Indonesia in October last year.
A minute and a half after the crashed flight took off, the plane began to descend for nearly a minute for unknown reasons before climbing again. During this time, the aircraft continued to accelerate, far exceeding the normal speed of the aircraft take-off phase. Three minutes later, the plane crashed.
Indonesia's Lion Air, which crashed last year, had a similar experience.
On November 28, 2018, Indonesia released a preliminary investigation report based on a black box, revealing details of the October 29 Lion Air crash that killed 189 people.
During the 11-minute flight, the nose of the plane automatically drooped more than twenty times, and the pilots have been battling the problematic plane, pulling the nose up, but this "man-machine fight" eventually ended with falling into the sea.
Boeing issued the latest statement on the 11th: Boeing expressed deep sorrow for the death of passengers and crew on Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302. We extend our sincere condolences to the relatives and friends of the passengers and crew on board and are ready to support the Ethiopian Airlines team. A Boeing technical team will travel to the crash site to provide technical assistance under the guidance of the Ethiopian Accident Investigation Bureau and the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board.
May the deceased rest in peace, and hope that the results of the investigation will be released as soon as possible.
(Source: China Youth Daily WeChat public account)