The Black Boxes in Ethiopia downed Boeing 737 Max 8 should be brought to the analysis to Europe. A spokesman for the airline Ethiopian Airlines said on Wednesday that the flight recorders were taken to a European country, which, however, was not yet decided.
had Previously not declared to the Airline, Ethiopia have all the necessary equipment, the flight data recorder and the voice recorder to evaluate.
usually be sent to the Black Boxes after a crash in the origin country, which in this case would be the USA. The decision for a European country could therefore be interpreted as a distrust of Boeing. The US aerospace group is recently more and more criticism.
The two flight recorders had been recovered on Monday at the crash site in the vicinity of Addis Ababa. The Boeing 737 MAX 8, was killed in an accident on Sunday morning. In the process, 157 people were killed.
Video: 157 Dead in plane crash in Ethiopia, Neither the crew nor the passengers survive the accident in Addis Ababa. (Video: Reuters
It was the second accident within half a year with the type of aircraft. In October, a Boeing 737 Max 8 of the Indonesian airline Lion Air, was killed in an accident shortly after the Start. It is highly unusual that within a short time, two planes of a new model to crash. Machines of this type are not allowed now to fly in a number of countries for the time being. (fal/afp)
Created: 13.03.2019, 14:22 PM