(ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia) — Preliminary data retrieved from the flight data recorder of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed shows “a clear similarity” with an earlier disaster in Indonesia, Ethiopia’s transport minister said Sunday. Officials say 157 people from 35 different countries were killed when the Nairobi-bound plane crashed shortly after takeoff. Family members confirmed they were given a 1 kilogram (2.2 pound) sack of scorched earth taken from the crash site. Many relatives already have gathered at the rural, dusty crash site outside Ethiopia’s capital. He was the pillar for his whole family.”Source: Preliminary Data Shows ‘Clear Similarity’ Between Two Boeing Plane Crashes: Ethiopian Minister

Source: Ethiopian News March 17, 2019 17:48 UTC