I was wondering why there have been no official investigation releases quoted here. So took a peak at the Ethiopian CAA website.
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Accident Investigation - Information - civilaviation
Accident Investigation
The Ethiopian Civil Aviation Accident Prevention and Investigation Bureau has been established with the following objectives:
· Conducting a thorough investigation
· Identify all root causes of the Accident
· Formulate safety recommendations
· Preventing a recurrence
· Avoiding apportion blame
and the department's role is to:
· Investigate aircraft Accident and Incidents That Occurred in Ethiopian airspace related that Occurred in Ethiopian airspace related To Civil Aircraft operations and publish reports on the final results in a accordance with Ethiopian Legislation and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Annex-13
· Prevent aircraft Accidents and Incidents and improve Aviation Safety by determining the cause Safety Recommendations intended to prevent recurrence.
· Assure all facts and circumstances leading to an accident or incident are recorded (data base) and evaluated and that action is taken to prevent similar occurrence in the future.
· Follow up implementation of Aviation Safety Recommendations.
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and when you look at:
News - civilaviation no news on this accident
Press Release - civilaviation is empty
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I am missing something? You would expect them to post on their own website who is leading the investigation and what parties are involved. And for example what the moves are on the flight recorders.