Authorities in Ethiopia, China and Indonesia grounded all Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft after the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jetliner killed 157 people
Among the dead were tourists, business travellers, and UN staff, including some who worked for the World Food Programme, the UN refugee agency and the international Organisation for Migration.
Ethiopian Airlines, the continent's biggest carrier, said, "The search will continue in the morning." The US National Transportation Safety Board said it would send investigators to assist, and Canada, which lost 18 citizens, said consular officials were "immediately deployed" to Addis Ababa to determine the facts.
Records show that the plane was new. The Planespotters civil aviation database shows that the Boeing 737-8 MAX was delivered to Ethiopian Airlines in mid-November.The cockpit data recorder showed that the jet's airspeed indicator had malfunctioned on its last four flights, though Lion Air initially claimed that problems with the aircraft had been fixed.
Ethiopian Airlines said the plane had taken off at 8:38 am on Sunday from Bole International Airport and "lost contact" six minutes later.According to the airline, Kenya had the largest number of casualties with 32, followed by Canada with 18, Ethiopia nine, then Italy, China, and the United States with eight each.
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