ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Information from the data and voice recorders from an Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed last weekend show similarities to an earlier crash of the same type of Boeing plane used by an Indonesian airline, Ethiopia’s transport ministry said. A spokesman for the ministry would not say what the similarities were but added that details of the investigation would be revealed later. Although the investigation of the latest crash is still in its early stages, there have already been indications that the Boeing 737 Max 8 used by Ethiopian Airlines may have had problems similar to those of the Indonesian plane, a Lion Air flight that crashed in October. [The Ethiopian Airlines pilot’s tense messages show the jet faced an emergency almost immediately after takeoff]

Source: New York Times March 17, 2019 16:11 UTC