Indonesia joins China, Ethiopia in grounding its Boeing 737 fleet
Investigators hope the discovery of the black box will shed light on the cause of Sunday’s horrific crash
Addis Ababa/Beijing — China, Indonesia and Ethiopia grounded their Boeing 737 Max 8 fleets on Monday while investigators found the black box from a crash that killed 157 people in the second disaster involving that airplane model in six months. The Ethiopian Airlines jet bound for Nairobi came down minutes after take-off from Addis Ababa on Sunday, killing all on board. The victims came from 33 nations and included 22 UN staff. The discovery of the black box with both the cockpit voice recorder and digital flight data, reported by Ethiopian state TV, should shed light on the cause of the crash.
At the scene, men in Red Cross jackets picked through the dirt, putting items in black paper bags, while investigators hunted for the black box voice recorders. “Although we don’t yet know the cause of the crash, we had to decide to ground the particular fleet as extra safety precaution,” Ethiopian Airlines said. It has four other 737 Max 8 jets, according to flight tracking website Fli...
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