Two men who were supposed to fly on the doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight counting their blessings today. Later, he found out through a friend's text that the plane crashed minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa airport. Black box recorders found after deadly Ethiopian Airlines crashMavropoulos told private Greek broadcaster Skai TV that he was traveling to Nairobi to attend a United Nations session that began on Monday. For now, Ethiopian Airlines has temporarily grounded its fleet of Boeing 737 Max 8 planes. Ethiopian Airlines confirmed in a tweet that both of the plane's "black boxes," the flight data and cockpit voice recorders, had been found as officials determine what caused the crash.

Source: Ethiopian News March 11, 2019 15:45 UTC