let's get straight to cnn's richard quest. richard, what more are we learning? >> reporter: well, fredricka, this was the first indication of a connection, similarity, coincidence, whatever we want to say. they've started reading out the data from the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder. it's being done by the b.e.a., which is the french regulator. extremely experienced. according now to the ethiopian transport minister, there were certain similarities between lyon air back in october, that particular crash of the 737 max, and the ethiopian 302 flight, the 737 max. what those similarities are, she didn't say. but educated guesses suggest it shows similarities in altitude variation, the speed at which the plane managed to achieve. the altitude that the plane managed to achieve. if you look at lyon air and