Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Ministry of Transport
Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau
Aircraft Accident Investigation Preliminary Report
Ethiopian Airlines Group
B737-8 (MAX) Registered ET-AVJ
28 NM South East of Addis Ababa, Bole International Airport
March 10, 2019

At 05:40:35, the First-Officer called out “stab trim cut-out” two times. Captain agreed and First-Officer confirmed stab trim cut-out.