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Ethiopian officials say two black boxes from the Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed on Sunday have been recovered.

Ethiopian state TV said on Monday that investigators at the crash site confirmed retrieving the boxes.

Officials also said that some of the devices recovered from the crash site include the jet’s cockpit voice recorder and the digital flight data recorder.

These devices will significantly help in understanding what led to the crash of the Boeing jet.


The aircraft that crashed had over 30 nationalities on board. All 157 people who were on board the plane did not survive the crash.

The airline crashed shortly after taking off from Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa. It was en-route to Nairobi Kenya.

The pilot of #ET302 (Boeing 737 MAX 8) is said to have reported difficulties with the aircraft to ATC.

An aeroplane tyre is seen at the site of the Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash. Photo: Reuters

Experts from Boeing, the aircraft that was involved in the crash and the US National Transportation Safety Board will be helping with investigations.

Meanwhile some countries have grounded their fleet of Boeing aircraft. They want assurances from Boeing and the US Federal Aviation Administration that it is safe to fly.

The Ethiopian airline is considered one of the best on the continent. It flies often to various parts of the continent serving thousands of travelers.

In 2010 though it recorded a major crash in the Mediterranean Sea, killing 90 people on board a jet.

 

 

 

Source: Africafeeds.com

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