ADDIS ABABA/WASHINGTON - The crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that killed 157 people had"clear similarities" with October's Lion Air crash, Ethiopia said on Sunday, shown by initial analysis of the black boxes recovered from the wreckage of the March 10 disaster.
"It was the same case with the Indonesian one. There were clear similarities between the two crashes so far," Ethiopian transport ministry spokesman Muse Yiheyis said. Boeing's safety analysis of a new flight control system known as MCAS on MAX jets had several crucial flaws, one of which was that it understated the power of the system, the Seattle Times said on Sunday.
Citing people familiar with the inquiry, the Wall Street Journal said Department of Transportation officials are scrutinizing the FAA's approval of MAX jets and a Washington, D.C. grand jury issued a subpoena to at least one person involved in the MAX's development. A second source said little information had been circulated between parties about the contents of data and voice recordings.
In Addis Ababa, a source who has listened to the air traffic control recording of the plane's communications said flight 302 had an unusually high speed after take-off before it reported problems and asked permission to climb quickly.
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