This Story is breaking, please check back for updatesData from black boxes retrieved from the Ethiopian Airline that crashed on March 10 suggests the incident is similar to what caused a Lion Air flight accident in October 2018. It added that all relevant data from the black boxes had so far been recovered and validated by the Ethiopian, American and European investigators. The black boxes also known as the flight recorder were flown to Paris for analysis after Ethiopian said it did not have the expertise to analyse the said data. Over 180 persons were lost in the Lion Air accident. The American regulator took the decision at a time most airlines had grounded their versions and countries were closing their airspaces to its usage.

Source: Ethiopian News March 17, 2019 16:41 UTC