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Ethiopia Asks France to Analyze Doomed 737's Black Boxes

Ethiopia asks France to analyse the black boxes from Sunday’s fatal Boeing 737 crash

Ethiopia Asks France to Analyze Doomed 737's Black Boxes
The Ethiopian Airlines Enterprise logo sits on display during a news conference in Berlin. (Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg)

(Bloomberg) -- Ethiopian authorities have requested assistance from France’s aviation accident investigation agency to analyze the black boxes from Sunday’s fatal crash, the agency known as BEA tweeted.

FAA acting administrator Daniel Elwell said earlier in the day that France was expected to take the black boxes. Germany declined a request from Ethiopia to review them, saying it doesn’t have the needed technical capabilities.

--With assistance from Alan Levin and Brendan Case.

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To contact the editors responsible for this story: Clementine Fletcher at cfletcher5@bloomberg.net, Nathan Crooks

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