The deadly crash in Ethiopia is drawing comparisons to another air disaster, the Oct. 29 wreck of Lion Air flight 610.
Parts of an engine and landing gear lie in a pile after being gathered by workers during the recovery efforts at the crash site of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 on March 11 in Bishoftu, Ethiopia.
On Monday, Ethiopia, China and other countries grounded the type of aircraft involved in both crashes. U.S. and European regulators have yet to act. Both incidents involved the Boeing 737 Max 8. And there are other parallels: Both aircraft crashed just minutes after takeoff; both struggled to gain altitude; and both appeared to ascend and descend several times before crashing.Lion Air Flight 610 took off from Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport at 6:20 a.m. Oct. 29 in clear conditions. Just 12 minutes into its journey to Depati Amir Airport in Pangkal Pinang, it crashed into the sea off the coast of Java.
When Lion Air Flight 610 left Jakarta, it was supposed to reach a cruising altitude of 27,000 feet, according to the preliminary report. But the flight struggled to gain altitude, limiting the crew’s room to gain control before the plane plummeted into the ocean at a reported 450 mph.
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