Accidents
France’s BEA To Analyze Recorders from Ill-fated 737 Max
Authorities transported the Ethiopian Airlines recorders from Addis Ababa to Paris for investigation on the request of the Ethiopian CAA.

France’s Bureau of Investigation and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA) will download and analyze the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 that crashed on March 10 shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. The data will prove critical in determining what caused the four-month-old Boeing 737 Max 8 to plunge to the ground less than 10 minutes after taking off, and whether the causes mirror or resemble those of the October 29 fatal accident of a Lion Air Max 8 off Indonesia.