France's air accident investigation agency released pictures on Thursday of the two 'black boxes' whose data investigators will analyse to determine what caused Sunday's crash. The plane plunged into a field minutes after take-off. The crash-proof housing on the data recorder appeared to be intact but the voice recorder, which should have picked up the conversations between the pilots and between the pilots and air traffic controllers, appeared damaged at one side.
Nations around the world, including an initially reluctant United States, have suspended the Boeing 737 MAX 8 models in operation. Since the model is relatively new, only 371 such planes were flying, but another nearly 5,000 MAXs are on order, meaning the financial implications are huge. (Writing by Katharine Houreld Editing by Kim Coghill and Peter Graff)
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