(PHOTO: From Ethiopian Airlines Twitter)

Recorders Recovered From Downed Ethiopian Airlines Flight

Tara Clow March 11, 2019 9:32 am Last Updated on February 7, 2026 1:17 pm

Ethiopian Airlines has decided to ground all Boeing 737-8 MAX fleet planes after yesterday’s tragic crash.

Accident Bulletin no. 5 Issued on March 11, 2019 at 07:08 AM Local Time pic.twitter.com/rwxa51Fgij

— Ethiopian Airlines (@flyethiopian) March 11, 2019

There is still no word on what caused the crash that killed all 157 people onboard, but the company says the fleet is being grounded as a precaution.

Officials have also recovered the the digital flight data recorder and the cockpit voice recorder.

Accident Bulletin no. 6
Issued on March 11, 2019 at 01:40 PM Local Time
The Digital Flight Data Recorder(DFDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder(CVR) of ET302 have been Recovered.

— Ethiopian Airlines (@flyethiopian) March 11, 2019

The plane was en-route to Nairobi when it lose touch with the control tower and crashed six minutes later.

Eighteen Canadians were among those killed yesterday..

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