“Clear similarities were noted between Ethiopian Air Flight 302 and Indonesian Lion Air Flight 610, which will be the subject of further study during the investigation,” Moges said, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Lion Air flight had just taken off from Jakarta, Indonesia, last October when the pilot requested to return to the airport three minutes later. ETHIOPIAN CRASH INVESTIGATORS FIND PIECE OF WRECKAGE SIMILAR TO ILL-FATED LION AIR PLANE, REPORT SAYSMoges did not provide details about the similarities between the two crashes. She said a preliminary report on the Ethiopian Airlines crash will be published within a month. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration previously said satellite-based tracking data showed that the movements of the Ethiopian Airlines flight were similar to those of the Lion Air plane.

Source: Ethiopian News March 17, 2019 18:11 UTC