REUTERS/Maheder Haileselassie ReutersBy Maggie Fick and Tim HepherADDIS ABABA/PARIS (Reuters) - Ethiopia said on Sunday the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that killed 157 people had "clear similarities" with October's Lion Air crash, according to initial analysis of the black boxes recovered from the wreckage of the March 10 disaster. Both planes were Boeing 737 MAX 8s, and both crashed minutes after take-off after pilots reported flight control problems. Investigators are trying to determine why the aircraft plunged into a field shortly after take off from Addis Ababa, searching for possible similarities to an October Lion Air crash that killed 189 people. Ethiopian Airlines crash: https://tmsnrt.rs/2Hn6V4kSAFETY ANALYSISUnder international rules, a preliminary report on the crash must be released within 30 days. The grounded 737 Max fleet: https://tmsnrt.rs/2u5sZYI(Additional reporting by David Shepardson, Gaurika Juneja, Tim Hepher, Tracy Rucinski, Editing by William Maclean)

Source: Ethiopian News March 17, 2019 19:07 UTC