Investigators hope the discovery of the black box will shed light on the cause of Sunday’s horrific crash
A Red Cross team work amid debris at the crash site of Ethiopia Airlines near Bishoftu, 60km southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 10 2019. Picture: AFP/MICHAEL TEWELDE
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. The 737 line is the world’s best selling modern passenger aircraft and viewed as one of the industry’s most reliable.China on Monday also ordered its airlines to suspend operations of their 737 Max 8 jets by 6pm local time following the second crash of a Boeing 737 Max jet since one run by Indonesia’s Lion Air went down in October.
Cayman Airways sad it had grounded both of its new 737 Max 8 jets temporarily too, while India announced a safety review. Boeing shares slid almost 10% in early trading on Monday. The move, if maintained through normal trading hours, would be the biggest fall in Boeing’s stock in nearly two decades, halting a surge that has seen it triple in value in just over three years to a record high of $446 last week.A global summit in Nairobi opened with a moment of silence as some wept for the UN members killed in one of the deadliest aviation accidents in the organisation’s history.
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