Ethiopian Airlines crew followed Boeing procedures before crash, report shows
The report was based on data from the recorders of the Boeing 737 Max 8 jet that crashed just after taking off last month, killing all 157 on board.
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Ethiopia minister: Clear similarity between two crashes
Preliminary data retrieved from the flight data recorder of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed shows “a clear similarity” with an earlier disaster in Indonesia, Ethiopia’s transport minister said Sunday.
Thousands mourned the Ethiopian plane crash victims on Sunday, accompanying 17 empty caskets draped in the national flag through the streets of the capital as some victims’ relatives fainted and fell to the ground.
Critics say the system that relies on employees of airplane manufacturers to do government-required safety inspections is too cozy.
The French air accident investigation authority will handle the analysis of the flight recorders retrieved from the crash site.
Airlines and countries have grounded Boeing 737 Max jets or banned them from their airspace following the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that killed 157 people.
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