The Latest: French investigators analyzing black boxes
Posted March 14, 2019 3:48 am.
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HEJERE, Ethiopia — The Latest on the Ethiopian Airlines crash (all times local):
10:40 a.m.
The French air accident investigation authority, known by its French acronym BEA, says it will handle the analysis of the black boxes retrieved from the crash site of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that left 157 people dead.
A BEA official told The Associated Press that they have already arrived in France but gave no time frame on how long the analysis could take.
The BEA has experience with global air crashes, and its expertise is often sought whenever an Airbus plane crashes because the manufacturer is based in France.
Ethiopian Airlines says an Ethiopian delegation led by its accident investigation bureau had flown the flight data and cockpit voice recorders to Paris.
More than 40 countries, including the U.S., which had been one of the last holdouts, have grounded the 737 Max 8 after the second fatal crash involving the jet in recent months.
The Associated Press
