Near Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -- Eight of the Ethiopian Airlines crash were Americans, including Melvin and Bennett Riffel from Redding, California. CBS News correspondent Debora Patta visited the crash site in Ethiopia, where the plane came down soon after take-off on Tuesday. Huge piles of dirt obscure a huge crater caused by the ill-fated Boeing 737 Max 8's nosedived into the ground. Mangled pieces of wreckage lie strewn across the site, which is now guarded by armed militia. Crash scene investigators, including a team of Americans, were to comb the area for more answers on Tuesday.

Source: Ethiopian News March 12, 2019 12:33 UTC