Pilot quickly called in Ethiopia plane emergency: NYTADDIS ABABA- The Associated PressThe pilot of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed requested permission "in a panicky voice" to return to the airport shortly after takeoff, The New York Times reported on March 15. But the plane crashed minutes later outside Addis Ababa, killing all 157 on board. French authorities now have the plane's flight data and voice recorders for analysis. That flight crashed into the Java Sea off Indonesia in October, killing 189 people. The Max jets are likely to be idle for weeks while Boeing tries to assure regulators around the world that the planes are safe.

Source: Ethiopian News March 15, 2019 08:37 UTC