Ethiopian pilot last words to Mother

“According to the air traffic controller’s recorded voice exchange, the pilot recorded flight control problems, so he was having difficulties with the flight control of the aeroplane,” GebreMariam told CNN.

“He asked to return back to base, and clearance was given to him.

“That was at 8.44am, at the same time the aeroplane disappeared from the radar.”

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GebreMariam said it was not yet known what flight control problems the flight crew experienced and if it involved an automated safety feature called an MCAS, which was suspected to be a factor in the crash of a Lion Air MAX 8 in October.

The MCAS was a new feature on Boeing’s MAX 8 planes, an energy-efficient update of the best-selling 737 model.


‘‘I am coming to Nairobi. I have forgotten my phone, but we will talk once I get there,” these were the last words Mr Yared Getachew, the pilot of the ill-fated Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 uttered to his mother as he prepared to steer the aircraft for the less than two-hour flight to Nairobi.

PIC 2: Ahmed Nur Mohamed was the co-pilot of Yared Getachew in the #ET302Crash #EthiopianAirlines . They were both youthful pilots at the peak of their careers. My deepest condolences to their families as well as the families of all the crew and victims who departed.. #RIPET302 pic.twitter.com/sZKMQuaGVs— Abdulaziz Haji (@abdulazizhaji09) March 11, 2019

Little did the 29-year-old pilot know that he would never live to see his family, given that minutes after take-off his plane developed technical problems and crashed six minutes later as he attempted to make a turnaround and land back at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa.

He, together with 157 passengers, never made it back. “Yared has been an excellent pilot. For the time that he has been working with the Ethiopian Airlines he has never been involved in any mishap.

“He is a trained pilot operating 737 Max,” Mr Getachew’s uncle Khalid Shapi, who is also the family spokesman, said in an interview with the Nation after landing in Mombasa.

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Mr Yared was half Kenyan and Ethiopian. He has worked with the airline for almost 10 years, rising from a cadet to a senior captain.

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