The Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed shortly after takeoff with 157 people onboard Sunday morning was a Boeing 737 Max 8, the same type of plane that crashed in Indonesia last fall, killing 189 people. Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed about six minutes after taking off from the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa. In the Lion Air crash, Indonesian investigators suspect a faulty sensor triggered the MCAS system, forcing the nose of the plane down. The Max 8 that crashed Sunday was new, having been delivered to Ethiopian Airlines in mid-November, according to Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam. In a statement, the FAA said it is "closely monitoring developments in the Ethiopian Flight 302 crash early this morning.

Source: Ethiopian News March 10, 2019 19:52 UTC