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Cockpit voice recorder, digital flight data recorder from Ethiopian Airlines flight recovered: Airlines

Published: 11 Mar 2019 - 01:52 pm | Last Updated: 15 Nov 2021 - 12:57 pm
A power shovel digs next to debris at the crash site of Ethiopia Airlines near Bishoftu, a town some 60 kilometres southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 11, 2019. AFP / Michael TEWELDE

A power shovel digs next to debris at the crash site of Ethiopia Airlines near Bishoftu, a town some 60 kilometres southeast of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 11, 2019. AFP / Michael TEWELDE

Reuters

ADDIS ABABA: The cockpit voice recorder and the digital flight data recorder from the Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed on Sunday have both been recovered from the crash site, the airline said in a statement.

The passenger jet bound for Nairobi crashed minutes after take-off, killing all 157 people on board.