The investigation into Yemeni Flight 626, which crashed in the Indian Ocean on June 30, suggested that the pilot of the airplane might have put the aircraft into its plunge, and might be the immediate cause for the plane crash, media outlets reported.
Observers said that the pilot's control column, the device which is used to steer the aircraft, might be pulled upward abruptly, thereby causing the nose of the airplane to pitch up.
A sudden pitch-up movement might happen quickly after the flight crew received a warning in the cockpit that the aircraft was about to stall, international experts hypothesized, adding "In aviation, a stall is when the air no longer flows over the wings of an airplane, and the aircraft can no longer keep the lift necessary to keep it airborne, causing it to fall."
Spokesman in the Yemeni General Authority for Aviation and Metrology who spoke in anonymity said that it is currently too early to definitively say what caused the crash. "We have not concluded anything," he said.
Earlier it was said that the general condition of the Yemeni Airplane did not conform to the international standards and was the direct reason for the crash.
For his part, Yemeni Transport Minister, Khaled Ibrahim Al-Wazeer, also said in statement that the plane had recently undergone thorough inspection overseen by Airbus, which matched to international standards.
The Yemenia ill-fated flight 626 crashed killed 152people fling from Paris to Moroni via Yemen. An eight year girl survived, and is back home outside Paris.