ADDIS ABABA, March 17 (Reuters) ― Analysis of the data from the black boxes of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed killing all 157 people on board showed “clear similarities” with October’s Lion Air crash, a spokesman for the Ethiopian Transport Ministry said. Both planes were Boeing 737 MAX 8s, and both crashed minutes after take off after pilots reported flight control problems. There were clear similarities between the two crashes so far,” spokesman Muse Yiheyis told Reuters. Both the American team and our (Ethiopian) team validated it. We will let you know more after three or four days.”A preliminary report on the crash is to be released within 30 days, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing the transport minister.

Source: Huffington Post March 17, 2019 17:15 UTC