The anti-stalling system on the Boeing 737 Max aircraft has been blamed for the disaster. At that point, according to the Wall Street Journal, the United States-based newspaper, one pilot was heard telling the other "pitch up, pitch up!" The Lion Air flight – also a Boeing 737 Max -- went down shortly after take-off from Jakarta, killing all 189 people on board. Authorities in Ethiopia have already said there are "clear similarities" between the Lion Air incident and the Ethiopian Airlines crash. Concerns about the Boeing 737 Max have led to a worldwide grounding of the plane.

Source: Ethiopian News March 30, 2019 16:52 UTC