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What more do we know about the crashed Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max aircraft?

By John Campbell, TVNZ Chief Correspondent
November 15, 2019

John Campbell walks us through the harrowing incident (Source: Other)

What do we know about the 737 Max 8 aircraft?

It's fairly new, only coming into commercial use in 2017.

Just under 40 metres in length, with a wingspan of 35.9 metres, the plane can seat up to 210 passengers.

The Ethiopian Airline flight took off at 08:44 local time, visibility at the time was good, but a flight tracking website says the plane's vertical speed was unstable after take-off.

The pilot reported difficulties just minutes later, and asked to return to Addis Abba, according to the airline.

It crashed 6 minutes after take-off, an eyewitness reporting an intense fire as the aircraft hit the ground.

This is the second Boeing 737 Max 8 to crash in five months.

(First published April 2019)

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