Black box data indicate 'clear similarities' between last week's crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jet and the October crash of an Indonesian Lion Air plane.
Even before the black box data had been recovered, countries and airlines seized on the similarities between the Ethiopian and Indonesian crashes to order the Boeing model out of service worldwide.READ:
Questions have homed in on an automated anti-stalling system introduced on the 737 MAX 8, designed to automatically point the nose of the plane downward if it is in danger of stalling.pilots of Lion Air Flight 610 struggled to control the aircraftIn the case of the Ethiopian flight, the black boxes have been handed to France's BEA air safety agency, which is working with US and Ethiopian investigators to determine what brought it down.
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