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. The disclosure came as thousands marched in the capital of Addis Ababa, accompanying 17 empty caskets, at a funeral for the Ethiopian victims of Flight 302. Information collected so far from the flight data recorder has indicated "clear similarities" between both crashes, she said. Both the flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder were sent to Paris for analysis by the French air accident investigation agency BEA. Watch: Ethiopian air crash victims mournedThe CBC's Susan Ormiston reports from Addis Ababa on the funerals of the Ethiopian Airways crash victims, plus an emotional visit to the crash site by a Brampton, Ont., man who lost six family members.

Source: CBC News March 17, 2019 11:37 UTC