Ethiopia will not release a preliminary report into the causes of last month's Ethiopian Airlines crash on Monday, as previously expected, but may publish it this week, a source familiar with the transport ministry told Reuters. "Not today, maybe this week," the source said when asked about the report into a crash that killed 157 people and led to the worldwide grounding of US planemaker Boeing's top-selling 737 MAX jet. The report will be closely examined for clues to any similarities between the March 10 accident and a Lion Air crash in October, also involving a 737 MAX, that killed 189 people. Liability claims related to the Ethiopian crash and 737 MAX grounding could be the largest aviation reinsurance claim outside of war on record, broker Willis Re said on Monday. Ethiopia's foreign ministry spokesman had earlier said the preliminary crash report would be released by the ministry of transport on Monday.

Source: Ethiopian News April 01, 2019 11:37 UTC