Following the demise of passengers aboard an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash on Sunday, the airlines CEO has revealed that the plane’s pilot was experienced.
CEO Tewolde Gebremariam said the plane’s capitan, Yared Mulugeta, was a senior pilot who had been flying the same plane since November 2007.
It was further revealed that Mr Mulugeta was an Ethiopian-born Kenyan national.
Both he and the first officer of the plane were well-experienced, the CEO said.
CEO Tewolde Gebremariam
First officer Ahmednur Mohamednur on the other hand had several flight hours under his belt.
The CEO further disclosed that the Boeing 737 Max-8 plane underwent a routine maintenance on February 4, 2019.
The aircraft, with 157 people on board, including eight crew members, was flying from Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport to Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.
It took off at 08:38am Ethiopian time and lost contact at 08:44am, according to the Ethiopia Airlines statement.
The passenger details indicated that there 33 nationalities on the flight, with Kenya having the majority at 32.