Another plane crash for Boeing kills 157 in Ethiopia

All 157 people on board were killed when an Ethiopian Airlines jetliner crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Sunday. Immediately there were questions about the safety of the Boeing 737 Max 8 that crashed; it is the company’s best-selling model ever. China ordered its airlines to ground all 96 of the aircraft that they operate.

The disaster had similarities to the crash of another Boeing 737 Max in October, a Lion Air jet that crashed off Indonesia, killing all 189 people on board.

In both crashes, trouble appeared to begin almost immediately after takeoff. The pilots told air traffic controllers they were having technical problems, and the planes seemed to repeatedly climb and dive before a final plunge. Early information on Sunday’s crash is incomplete and does not rule out pilot error or a malfunction of another system.