Boeing Apology 'Too Small' Says Pilot's Father

Boeing's apology for last month's fatal Ethiopian Airlines crash has come too late, the pilot's father has told the BBC.

"Too little, too small," is Getachew Tessema's verdict.

He has also hit out at "nasty comments" from US newspapers at the time of the crash, and says previous comments from a Boeing employee suggesting that Ethiopian Airlines staff were inexperienced amounted to "character assassination".

Dr Getachew says his son, Captain Yared Getachew, "was only 29 with a bright future and his life was cut short," yet doesn't regret his choice to become a pilot because he served honourably and "died in the course of his duty".

He has called for a memorial to be created at the crash site.