This archive report was first published on 6 September 2019.
On September 6, 2019, four months after the Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 people, relatives of the victims began visiting the crash site in search of remains and closure.
Adnaan Stumo, a 26-year-old American, found a human jawbone while sifting through the soil at the site, about 60 km east of Addis Ababa. He handed over the remains to police for identification.
Many relatives are now pushing for the farmland where the plane crashed to be turned into a permanent memorial, saying it should be treated as a graveyard out of respect for the dead.
Dozens of families are suing Boeing after preliminary reports showed an automated system on the plane's Boeing 737-MAX model pointed the nose down repeatedly after take-off, leading to the crash.
Relatives also want the process used to certify the new Boeing model examined by the US Federal Aviation Authority.
Some families will demonstrate outside the US Department of Transportation on the six-month anniversary of the Ethiopian crash to demand greater accountability by the US authorities.
Boeing has offered $100 million to support victims' families, with legal heirs of the victims set to receive about $145,000 each.
However, the Ethiopian government has referred questions about the memorial to the airline, which has said it has repeatedly searched the site for remains and is open to discussing plans with victims' families.
In Ethiopia, some families have formed a committee to push for the creation of a memorial park for victims in Addis Ababa and for preserving the crash site with a suitable memorial.
