Investigators hunting for the cause of the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that killed all 157 people on board have begun studying the cockpit voice recorder, France's air accident investigation agency says. A spokesman for the BEA agency said downloading the data from the recorder retrieved from wreckage was expected to take four to five hours. The BEA also issued a photo showing the recorder intact but dented by the impact of the plane's crash into a field minutes after take-off from Addis Ababa. Dagmawit said temporary death certificates had been given and a final one would be issued in two weeks' time. Boeing plans to release upgraded software for the 737 MAX in a week to 10 days, sources familiar with the matter said.

Source: Ethiopian News March 16, 2019 18:00 UTC