Ethiopian Airlines Flight Data Shows Clear Similarities with Lion Air CrashEthiopia's transport minister on Sunday announced that the recent Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crash had similarities to the Lion Air plane crash at the coast of Indonesia about five months ago. A preliminary study of the flight data recorders show “clear similarities between Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 and Indonesian Lion Air Flight 610,” Minister Dagmawit Moges said at a press conference in Addis Ababa. In both cases flight tracking data showed the aircraft's altitude had fluctuated sharply, as the planes seemed to experience erratic climbs and descents. On 29 October Lion Air Flight 610 crashed after taking off from Jakarta airport, killing 189 people. During flight, the system repeatedly forced the plane's nose down, even when the plane was not stalling - possibly due to a faulty sensor.

Source: Ethiopian News March 18, 2019 07:52 UTC