Analysis of the flight recorders of the crashed Ethiopian Airlines plane has begun, the airline said, amid reports that the pilot requested permission “in a panicky voice” to return to the airport shortly after take-off. Analysis of the flight recorders of the crashed Ethiopian Airlines plane has begun, the airline said, amid reports that the pilot requested permission “in a panicky voice” to return to the airport shortly after take-off. An airline spokesman has said the pilot was given permission to return, but the plane crashed minutes later outside Addis Ababa, killing all 157 on board. French authorities have the plane’s flight data and voice recorders for analysis, but have said it is unclear whether data could be retrieved. That flight crashed into the Java Sea off Indonesia in October, killing 189 people.

Source: Irish Independent March 15, 2019 15:11 UTC